48
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
$174K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Nez Perce County, Idaho: 48 recorded events between 1956 and 2023. The strongest on record measured 82. That places the county #2,737 nationally and #21 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Nez Perce County, Idaho: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Nez Perce County is the 2010s, when 22 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 Nez Perce County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 38.4% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,737 for this hazard and #21 within Idaho, 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 Nez Perce County with 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 1998 | LAPWAI | 0 | 0 | 1 | $25K |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2023 | EAST LEWISTON | 30 | $1K |
| May 7, 2023 | EAST LEWISTON | 43 | $500 |
| Jul 6, 2019 | EAST LEWISTON | 52 | $0 |
| Jun 26, 2019 | CULDESAC | 52 | $1K |
| Jun 26, 2019 | LAPWAI | 52 | $1K |
| Jun 26, 2019 | LEWISTON | 52 | $2K |
| Jun 26, 2019 | LEWISTON | 52 | $2K |
| Aug 29, 2017 | WANA | 82 | $0 |
| Apr 7, 2017 | EAST LEWISTON | 54 | $0 |
| Apr 7, 2017 | EAST LEWISTON | 57 | $0 |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A Canadian cold front moved across south central Idaho during the early evening hours of the 12th of August. A severe thunderstorm brought high wind gusts to the town of Lewiston and downed a few trees and caused damage to a few roofs. Damage estimates were on the order of twenty thousand dollars.
Weak thunderstorms passing through the area in the wake of two supercell thunderstorms brought strong winds along the Snake River Valley and Lewiston, Clarkston Area. Several small trees were blown down in Clarkston taking down power lines and damaging a residential fence. The storm also brought down scattered trees and limbs across Lewiston causing power outages and minor damage.
A highly localized microburst or possible gustnado resulted in minor damage of the Eagle Point subdivision approximately four miles east of downtown Lewiston. A section of a sheet metal roof was lifted off a two-story shop, a boat trailer was pushed into the outbuilding denting the sheet metal, three two-inch diameter trees were snapped, a travel trailer was knocked down, and lawn objects became airborne breaking one window of a house.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Nez Perce County, Idaho?
48 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Nez Perce County between 1956 and 2023, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Nez Perce County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Nez Perce County measured 82.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Nez Perce 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 Nez Perce County, Idaho.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/idaho/nez-perce-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.