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This image shows derecho frequency for the lower 48 United States. Derechos in North America form predominantly from April to August, peaking in frequency from May into July. [17] During this time of year, derechos are mostly found in the Midwestern United States and the U.S. Interior Highlands most commonly from Oklahoma and across the Ohio ...
The derecho caused notably high wind speeds of up to 126 mph (203 km/h) recorded in Iowa, with post-damage assessments of up to 140 mph (230 km/h) in some places. The derecho also spawned an outbreak of weak tornadoes, and resulted in an estimated $11 billion of damage. In addition, certain areas reported torrential rain and large hail. [69]
The May 2022 Canadian derecho was a high-impact derecho [5] event that affected the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor, Canada's most densely populated region, on May 21, 2022.. Described by meteorologists as a historic derecho and one of the most impactful thunderstorms in Canadian history, [6] [7] winds up to 190 km/h (120 mph) as well as around four tornadoes caused widespread and extensive ...
At least seven people were killed by the storms, dubbed the Houston derecho by the National Weather Service, [7] which brought winds up to 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) along with four tornadoes. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ]
The derecho began as a cluster of scattered thunderstorms that had formed during the previous night over south-central South Dakota. These storms tracked east along the South Dakota– Nebraska border and became better organized and coalesced, producing hail with diameters between 1–2 in (25–51 mm) and wind gusts between 60–70 mph (97 ...
The June 2012 Mid-Atlantic and Midwest derecho was one of the deadliest and most destructive fast-moving severe thunderstorm complexes in North American history. The progressive derecho tracked across a large section of the Midwestern United States and across the central Appalachians into the mid-Atlantic states on the afternoon and evening of ...
The heat wave of 2006 derecho series were a set of derechos — severe winds with powerful thunderstorms — that occurred on July 17–21, 2006. The first storms hit a wide swath of north-central and northeastern North America that stretched from the Upper Midwest through much of Ontario and into the northeastern United States .
The 2022 European derecho was a violent derecho which resulted in strong winds on the French island of Corsica and in parts of northern Italy, Austria, Slovenia, and the southern Czech Republic on 18 August 2022 which traveled over 1,000 kilometres (620 mi). [5] [6] [1] The event resulted in 12 fatalities, and at least 116 others were injured. [1]