Thunderstorm Wind in Johnson County, Wyoming

Thunderstorm Wind in Johnson County, Wyoming: 61 recorded events between 1975 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,632 nationally and #16 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Johnson County is the 2010s, when 22 of the county's 61 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Johnson County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 21.0% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,632 for this hazard and #16 within Wyoming, putting it in the 16.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Johnson County with 23 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

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Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Johnson County, Wyoming?

61 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Johnson County between 1975 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Johnson County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Johnson County measured 70.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Johnson County come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.