Thunderstorm Wind in Blaine County, Montana

Thunderstorm Wind in Blaine County, Montana: 107 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 87. That places the county #2,126 nationally and #25 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Blaine County is the 2000s, when 41 of the county's 107 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 Blaine County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 42.5% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,126 for this hazard and #25 within Montana, putting it in the 32.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Blaine County with 45 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 Blaine County, Montana?

107 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Blaine County between 1957 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Blaine County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Blaine County measured 87.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Blaine 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.