Disaster-history hazard lens

High wind history by county

High wind, strong wind, and thunderstorm wind events. Compare official county histories below while keeping FEMA administrative declarations separate from NOAA observed-event reports.

Data updated Aug 21, 2026 · Current conditions: Live Dashboard →

Administrative records

FEMA declaration history

Federal administrative declarations that include a county designation and map to this hazard category. A declaration is a government action, not a physical-event census.

0 counties have a positive high wind count in this source.

No positive fema declaration history count is present for this category among the atlas county profiles.

Observed-event reports

NOAA observed-event history

Distinct NOAA Storm Events records explicitly coded to a county and mapped to this hazard category. Forecast-zone and marine-zone records are excluded from county totals.

52 counties have a positive high wind count in this source.

Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 31, 2026

Rankings compare only this source and exact coverage window. Equal counts share a rank.

High wind noaa observed-event history by county
RankCountyCounty-event records
1Maricopa County, Arizona1,203
2Cook County, Illinois1,182
3Montgomery County, Maryland804
4Fairfax County, Virginia662
5Wake County, North Carolina632
6Polk County, Iowa620
7Middlesex County, Massachusetts567
8Oklahoma County, Oklahoma549
9Jefferson County, Kentucky541
10Harris County, Texas524
11Jefferson County, Alabama510
12Pulaski County, Arkansas500
13Kanawha County, West Virginia492
14St. Louis County, Missouri452
15Wayne County, Michigan448
16Greenville County, South Carolina437
17Johnson County, Kansas407
18Franklin County, Ohio404
19Shelby County, Tennessee391
20New Castle County, Delaware378
21Hennepin County, Minnesota362
22Hartford County, Connecticut358
23Marion County, Indiana357
24Cass County, North Dakota339
25Fulton County, Georgia330
26Yellowstone County, Montana311
27Bergen County, New Jersey308
28Douglas County, Nebraska275
29Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania272
30Minnehaha County, South Dakota266
31Miami-Dade County, Florida265
32Cumberland County, Maine262
33Chittenden County, Vermont247
34Clark County, Nevada244
35Hillsborough County, New Hampshire236
36Salt Lake County, Utah233
37East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana195
38Kent County, Michigan184
39Laramie County, Wyoming173
40Milwaukee County, Wisconsin156
41Harrison County, Mississippi153
42Providence County, Rhode Island149
43El Paso County, Colorado124
44Bernalillo County, New Mexico96
45Los Angeles County, California86
46Ada County, Idaho80
47Fresno County, California69
47Kings County, New York69
49Ventura County, California21
50Honolulu County, Hawaii13
51Multnomah County, Oregon10
52King County, Washington3

How to interpret this hazard lens

  • Hazard categories normalize source labels into a shared taxonomy; source definitions and reporting practices still differ.
  • FEMA declarations reflect federal administrative actions and do not inventory every damaging local event.
  • NOAA totals include only distinct county-coded Storm Events records; forecast-zone and marine-zone records are excluded.
  • Only counties with a positive count for this category appear in each source table. Open a county profile for its complete source disclosures and preparedness context.