US damaging wind history: straight-line wind reports since 1955

Every damaging thunderstorm wind report in the NOAA record since 1955: how many reached 58 and 75 mph, the biggest wind days and each state's history.

From 2016 to 2025, the NOAA Storm Prediction Center logged 181,196 damaging thunderstorm wind reports in the 48 contiguous states and DC: 173,017 of 58 mph or more and 13,190 of 75 mph or more (measured or estimated). Texas had the most 75 mph+ reports (1,453). The day with the most wind reports since 1955 was April 4, 2011: 1,105 reports across 19 states. 2026 so far: 21,241 preliminary reports through November 6, 2026.

181,196wind reports 2016–2025

173,01758 mph or more

13,19075 mph or more

21,2412026 preliminary reports

Damaging wind reports of 75 mph or more per year, 1990–2025

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Report counts grew with spotter networks and population; compare recent years with each other. These are thunderstorm wind reports, which SPC keeps separate from tornado reports. The largest, longest-lived windstorms are derechos.

Biggest damaging-wind days since 1955

Storm day	Wind reports	75 mph+	Highest	States	Most reports in
April 4, 2011	1,105	68	105 mph	19	AL, GA, KY, TN, SC, NC
June 29, 2012	1,007	162	106 mph	17	OH, VA, MD, WV, IN, KY
August 7, 2023	888	58	105 mph	26	GA, SC, WV, NC, PA, MD
May 26, 2024	819	79	110 mph	18	KY, WV, VA, TN, OH, NC
July 15, 2024	784	116	105 mph	24	IL, NY, IN, IA, PA, KS
May 16, 2025	769	36	105 mph	20	KY, VA, OH, WV, MD, IN
August 10, 2020	721	158	145 mph	19	IL, IA, IN, MO, WI, OK
April 12, 2020	692	44	105 mph	15	GA, AL, SC, NC, MS, AR
April 29, 2025	677	37	120 mph	13	PA, NY, OH, MO, WV, KY
July 1, 2012	677	33	90 mph	28	NC, SC, OH, GA, KY, AL
May 30, 2004	673	51	120 mph	20	KY, IL, TN, AR, IN, MO
June 17, 2022	672	6	75 mph	22	KY, SC, VA, GA, NC, TN
July 4, 2026	606	9	92 mph	30	PA, MO, VA, WV, OK, MD
June 19, 2025	596	15	83 mph	29	VA, MD, PA, NC, NJ, WV
June 21, 2011	596	47	110 mph	21	IL, AL, KY, VA, SC, NC
December 15, 2021	587	169	100 mph	9	IA, NE, KS, MN, WI, MO
June 28, 2018	565	92	130 mph	15	AL, ND, TN, IA, IL, MN
October 24, 2001	560	17	104 mph	17	KY, TN, IN, IL, OH, MI
June 25, 2023	559	50	110 mph	20	GA, KY, AR, MI, TN, IN
August 11, 2026	551	36	110 mph	22	IN, KY, OH, IL, WV, SD

Derechos: the longest chains of damaging wind on record →

Damaging wind by state, 2016–2025

#	State	Wind reports	58 mph+	75 mph+	Highest
1	Texas	9,271	9,101	1,453	138 mph
2	Kansas	7,494	7,470	1,294	120 mph
3	Oklahoma	5,253	5,250	950	120 mph
4	South Dakota	4,971	4,970	878	130 mph
5	Illinois	6,915	6,913	796	120 mph
6	Nebraska	4,576	4,574	672	120 mph
7	Iowa	4,581	4,486	627	145 mph
8	North Dakota	2,318	2,318	567	130 mph
9	Minnesota	4,167	4,077	467	120 mph
10	Arkansas	3,417	3,388	459	110 mph
11	Missouri	5,859	5,852	413	110 mph
12	Kentucky	6,026	5,911	336	115 mph
13	Tennessee	6,155	5,657	332	105 mph
14	Mississippi	5,165	4,872	297	110 mph
15	Indiana	4,523	4,409	245	105 mph
16	Louisiana	2,955	2,934	245	115 mph
17	Colorado	1,689	1,676	236	125 mph
18	Ohio	6,471	5,971	235	120 mph
19	South Carolina	5,161	4,771	234	110 mph
20	Pennsylvania	9,443	9,396	233	120 mph
21	Montana	2,246	2,233	221	125 mph
22	Wisconsin	3,309	3,110	212	110 mph
23	Georgia	8,675	7,128	196	115 mph
24	Alabama	7,420	5,443	183	105 mph
25	New York	7,838	7,764	150	105 mph
26	Virginia	8,442	8,354	134	115 mph
27	Florida	4,548	3,936	128	110 mph
28	Maryland	3,707	3,644	123	104 mph
29	Michigan	2,746	2,716	112	110 mph
30	New Mexico	872	864	97	130 mph
31	Arizona	1,510	1,378	87	100 mph
32	Utah	1,315	1,306	77	101 mph
33	Wyoming	1,065	1,063	74	100 mph
34	North Carolina	6,673	6,606	72	110 mph
35	West Virginia	3,456	2,967	61	110 mph
36	Nevada	418	388	45	100 mph
37	Idaho	1,035	1,008	38	94 mph
38	New Jersey	2,763	2,750	38	100 mph
39	California	507	329	35	105 mph
40	Massachusetts	1,936	1,843	29	100 mph
41	Connecticut	883	869	24	100 mph
42	Delaware	465	464	17	110 mph
43	Vermont	672	665	17	100 mph
44	Oregon	130	120	14	115 mph
45	New Hampshire	840	840	13	105 mph
46	Maine	831	830	12	110 mph
47	District of Columbia	149	143	5	84 mph
48	Washington	164	102	5	85 mph
49	Rhode Island	151	141	2	76 mph
50	Alaska	7	6	0	72 mph
51	Hawaii	13	11	0	64 mph

Damaging wind reports by year

Year	Damaging wind reports	58 mph+	75 mph+	Highest	Days with reports
2026*	21,241	5,629	570	132 mph	237
2025	22,263	20,888	1,659	125 mph	266
2024	20,055	19,134	1,828	120 mph	256
2023	21,188	20,156	1,658	130 mph	245
2022	17,570	16,722	1,345	130 mph	251
2021	15,508	14,808	1,053	119 mph	248
2020	19,304	18,574	1,353	145 mph	230
2019	18,613	17,954	1,089	138 mph	248
2018	14,607	13,909	959	130 mph	245
2017	16,446	15,821	1,230	120 mph	258
2016	15,642	15,051	1,016	125 mph	260
2015	14,384	13,969	861	122 mph	243
2014	13,816	13,486	907	125 mph	228
2013	14,340	13,998	957	121 mph	238
2012	16,227	15,910	948	120 mph	269
2011	21,253	20,835	1,544	151 mph	248
2010	15,813	15,529	1,074	145 mph	246
2009	13,372	13,125	880	125 mph	248
2008	17,155	16,946	1,228	125 mph	253
2007	13,013	12,890	710	130 mph	254
2006	13,737	13,737	935	125 mph	252
2005	12,071	12,071	971	127 mph	239
2004	11,848	11,848	950	120 mph	245
2003	11,908	11,897	1,032	120 mph	226
2002	11,806	8,222	739	115 mph	244
2001	11,733	8,141	735	124 mph	236
2000	12,153	7,241	744	145 mph	252
1999	10,314	5,777	574	119 mph	233
1998	12,015	7,150	955	135 mph	251
1997	9,006	5,117	603	201 mph	246
1996	9,131	5,120	682	201 mph	250
1995	9,973	2,205	363	150 mph	252
1994	7,953	2,128	403	120 mph	248
1993	6,924	1,821	368	125 mph	241
1992	6,443	1,708	213	112 mph	242
1991	6,504	1,585	238	115 mph	232
1990	6,063	1,377	227	150 mph	239
1989	5,711	1,683	284	127 mph	215
1988	3,947	1,095	178	115 mph	229
1987	4,255	1,280	200	116 mph	222
1986	4,365	1,114	158	106 mph	231
1985	3,827	961	140	125 mph	228
1984	3,566	943	131	160 mph	226
1983	4,991	1,088	238	121 mph	253
1982	3,570	923	177	121 mph	230
1981	2,193	731	118	120 mph	203
1980	3,180	1,239	279	127 mph	208
1979	2,042	589	115	115 mph	215
1978	1,758	598	106	104 mph	194
1977	1,722	553	82	104 mph	213
1976	1,739	504	97	115 mph	190
1975	2,639	656	140	115 mph	212
1974	2,601	561	101	115 mph	216
1973	2,164	561	124	115 mph	222
1972	712	397	64	115 mph	192
1971	1,540	470	95	115 mph	184
1970	1,790	449	78	115 mph	202
1969	1,510	451	85	115 mph	200
1968	1,527	397	59	115 mph	197
1967	952	364	70	115 mph	187
1966	1,049	391	76	150 mph	175
1965	1,052	458	69	98 mph	188
1964	906	450	114	127 mph	183
1963	820	382	97	115 mph	182
1962	830	397	103	115 mph	163
1961	752	329	85	115 mph	188
1960	716	205	133	115 mph	166
1959	651	161	93	115 mph	170
1958	633	173	93	105 mph	163
1957	770	220	121	140 mph	163
1956	733	232	141	115 mph	167
1955	418	116	71	130 mph	151

* 2026: preliminary SPC reports; many have no wind speed, so the 58 and 75 mph columns run low until NOAA publishes the final data.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Severe Weather Database (SVRGIS) damaging-wind reports, 1955–2025, and SPC preliminary storm reports for 2026 (data through November 6, 2026). Wind speeds are measured or estimated by spotters, the public and NWS staff; SPC records them in knots and we show mph. 58 mph is the National Weather Service's severe-thunderstorm wind threshold.

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