Thunderstorm Wind in Bear Lake County, Idaho

Thunderstorm Wind in Bear Lake County, Idaho: 56 recorded events between 1989 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 77. That places the county #2,668 nationally and #16 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Bear Lake County is the 2020s, when 22 of the county's 56 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 Bear Lake County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 70.0% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,668 for this hazard and #16 within Idaho, putting it in the 15.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Bear Lake County with 15 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.

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

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

56 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Bear Lake County between 1989 and 2026, causing 4 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Bear Lake County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Bear Lake County measured 77.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Bear Lake 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.