Strong Wind Risk by State & County

Ranked by FEMA National Risk Index strong wind hazard score · code SWND

Strong Wind risk reflects damaging straight-line winds outside of tornadoes and hurricanes. FEMA's National Risk Index scores each county's strong wind hazard from its expected annual loss, annualized event frequency, and exposed population. Monmouth County, New Jersey currently leads the nation with a strong wind score of 100.0 and $91M in expected annual loss. New Jersey, Florida, New York account for much of the highest-rated strong wind risk in this dataset.

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Strong Wind Risk by State

#StateExpected Ann. LossAvg. ScoreRatingCounties Rated
1New Jersey$252M
96.8
Very High 21 of 21
2Texas$190M
48.5
Medium 254 of 254
3Michigan$164M
61.6
High 83 of 83
4Florida$163M
57.4
Medium 67 of 67
5Minnesota$154M
56.6
Medium 87 of 87
6Illinois$154M
67.8
High 102 of 102
7Iowa$124M
57.4
Medium 99 of 99
8Missouri$123M
56.3
Medium 115 of 115
9Nebraska$123M
49.3
Medium 93 of 93
10Indiana$119M
67.1
High 92 of 92
11Kentucky$113M
62.7
High 120 of 120
12Oklahoma$110M
58.8
Medium 77 of 77
13New York$104M
60.0
Medium 62 of 62
14Ohio$100M
62.1
High 88 of 88
15Pennsylvania$97M
67.8
High 67 of 67
16North Carolina$89M
58.3
Medium 100 of 100
17Tennessee$84M
61.3
High 95 of 95
18Kansas$82M
49.7
Medium 105 of 105
19Georgia$80M
39.3
Low 159 of 159
20Virginia$79M
42.6
Medium 133 of 133
21Wisconsin$72M
58.3
Medium 72 of 72
22Alabama$60M
59.6
Medium 67 of 67
23Arkansas$55M
59.9
Medium 75 of 75
24Mississippi$53M
57.0
Medium 82 of 82
25South Carolina$48M
67.5
High 46 of 46
26Colorado$44M
30.9
Low 64 of 64
27Louisiana$43M
54.7
Medium 64 of 64
28Maryland$40M
67.4
High 24 of 24
29North Dakota$35M
38.4
Low 53 of 53
30South Dakota$26M
32.5
Low 66 of 66
31Massachusetts$22M
67.8
High 14 of 14
32West Virginia$19M
34.2
Low 55 of 55
33Connecticut$16M
69.3
High 9 of 9
34Utah$16M
24.6
Low 29 of 29
35Oregon$15M
27.4
Low 36 of 36
36Arizona$14M
44.7
Medium 15 of 15
37California$13M
17.4
Very Low 58 of 58
38Idaho$11M
17.7
Very Low 44 of 44
39New Mexico$10M
27.1
Low 33 of 33
40Washington$10M
20.3
Low 39 of 39
41Montana$10M
16.3
Very Low 56 of 56
42Maine$8M
39.0
Low 16 of 16
43New Hampshire$8M
44.1
Medium 10 of 10
44District of Columbia$6M
98.2
Very High 1 of 1
45Vermont$5M
27.2
Low 14 of 14
46Delaware$4M
78.0
High 3 of 3
47Wyoming$4M
16.5
Very Low 23 of 23
48Nevada$3M
17.8
Very Low 17 of 17
49Rhode Island$2M
36.1
Low 5 of 5
50Hawaii$84K
2.8
Very Low 5 of 5
51Alaska$5K
0.2
Very Low 30 of 30

States ranked by total expected annual strong wind losses; the average score is the mean over all counties, counting unrated counties as zero.

Riskiest Counties for Strong Wind

#CountyStateStrong Wind ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1Monmouth CountyNJ
100.0
Very High 5.81 / yr$91M
2Jackson CountyOK
100.0
Very High 4.09 / yr$44M
3Orange CountyFL
99.9
Very High 1.08 / yr$33M
4Polk CountyFL
99.9
Very High 1.00 / yr$25M
5Ocean CountyNJ
99.9
Very High 4.38 / yr$39M
6Lubbock CountyTX
99.8
Very High 2.21 / yr$17M
7Osceola CountyFL
99.8
Very High 0.94 / yr$27M
8Highlands CountyFL
99.8
Very High 0.57 / yr$13M
9Kings CountyNY
99.7
Very High 5.39 / yr$10M
10Queens CountyNY
99.7
Very High 5.39 / yr$10M
11Wayne CountyMI
99.7
Very High 5.10 / yr$13M
12Middlesex CountyNJ
99.7
Very High 6.95 / yr$14M
13Cook CountyIL
99.6
Very High 5.70 / yr$12M
14Atlantic CountyNJ
99.6
Very High 4.18 / yr$15M
15Mecosta CountyMI
99.6
Very High 2.30 / yr$11M
16New York CountyNY
99.5
Very High 5.39 / yr$8M
17Douglas CountyNE
99.5
Very High 4.34 / yr$16M
18Mercer CountyNJ
99.5
Very High 7.02 / yr$13M
19Tulsa CountyOK
99.4
Very High 6.75 / yr$11M
20Dakota CountyMN
99.4
Very High 4.75 / yr$19M
21Stone CountyMO
99.4
Very High 5.96 / yr$10M
22Harris CountyTX
99.3
Very High 1.52 / yr$8M
23Bronx CountyNY
99.3
Very High 5.39 / yr$6M
24Hardee CountyFL
99.3
Very High 0.76 / yr$10M
25DuPage CountyIL
99.2
Very High 5.78 / yr$11M

Showing the top 25 seeded counties for strong wind risk.