48
Recorded events
1
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
$341K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Bent County, Colorado: 48 recorded events between 1962 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 100. That places the county #2,737 nationally and #27 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Bent County, Colorado: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Bent County is the 2000s, when 13 of the county's 48 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 Bent County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 16.6% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,737 for this hazard and #27 within Colorado, putting it in the 13.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Bent County with 13 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.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 1997 | MC CLAVE | 100 | 1 | 1 | $80K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2024 | HASTY | 50 | $0 |
| Jul 21, 2023 | LAS ANIMAS | 61 | $0 |
| Jul 6, 2023 | LAS ANIMAS | 60 | $0 |
| Jun 23, 2023 | LAS ANIMAS | 52 | $0 |
| Aug 7, 2022 | MC CLAVE | 60 | $0 |
| May 15, 2021 | CADDOA | 50 | $0 |
| May 15, 2021 | MC CLAVE | 52 | $0 |
| Jun 28, 2018 | LAS ANIMAS | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 29, 2017 | LAS ANIMAS | 52 | $0 |
| May 27, 2017 | LAS ANIMAS | 52 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Bent County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A damaging microburst wind, estimated to be at least 115 mph in strength struck a mobile home, rolling it a few hundred yards. The intense damage was 50 to 75 yards across. Twin brothers, Dan and Denton Cochell were in the mobile home. Dan was thrown from the mobile home and sustained a broken eye socket. Denton was rolled inside the mobile home, sustaining numerous injuries to his body, neck, and head. He died six days later.
Strong rear flank downdraft winds caused damage to horse barns and knocked down around 40 power poles along highway 101. This rear flank downdraft later tightening a circulation which caused a tornado at a ranch in extreme south central Bent county.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Bent County, Colorado?
48 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Bent County between 1962 and 2024, causing 1 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Bent County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Bent County measured 100.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Bent 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.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Bent County, Colorado.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/colorado/bent-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.