Thunderstorm Wind in Pondera County, Montana

Thunderstorm Wind in Pondera County, Montana: 48 recorded events between 1980 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 80. That places the county #2,737 nationally and #39 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Pondera County is the 2000s, when 12 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 Pondera County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 34.0% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,737 for this hazard and #39 within Montana, putting it in the 13.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Pondera County with 18 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 Pondera County, Montana?

48 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Pondera County between 1980 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Pondera County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Pondera County measured 80.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Pondera 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.