Thunderstorm Wind in Wibaux County, Montana

Thunderstorm Wind in Wibaux County, Montana: 80 recorded events between 1969 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 74. That places the county #2,464 nationally and #29 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Wibaux County is the 2000s, when 33 of the county's 80 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 Wibaux County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 33.1% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,464 for this hazard and #29 within Montana, putting it in the 22.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Wibaux County with 42 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 Wibaux County, Montana?

80 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Wibaux County between 1969 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Wibaux County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Wibaux County measured 74.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Wibaux 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.