Thunderstorm Wind in Fremont County, Idaho

Thunderstorm Wind in Fremont County, Idaho: 81 recorded events between 1965 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 65. That places the county #2,454 nationally and #10 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Fremont County is the 2020s, when 43 of the county's 81 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 Fremont County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 52.9% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,454 for this hazard and #10 within Idaho, putting it in the 22.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Aug is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Fremont County with 26 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.

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Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Fremont County, Idaho?

81 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Fremont County between 1965 and 2025, causing 3 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Fremont County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Fremont County measured 65.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Fremont 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.