Thunderstorm Wind in Beaverhead County, Montana

Thunderstorm Wind in Beaverhead County, Montana: 96 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 90. That places the county #2,257 nationally and #26 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Beaverhead County is the 2020s, when 41 of the county's 96 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 Beaverhead County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 49.0% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,257 for this hazard and #26 within Montana, putting it in the 28.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Beaverhead County with 30 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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How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Beaverhead County, Montana?

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

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Beaverhead County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Beaverhead County measured 90.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Beaverhead 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.