118
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$478K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Prairie County, Montana: 118 recorded events between 1990 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 83. That places the county #1,961 nationally and #20 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Prairie County, Montana: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Prairie County is the 2000s, when 42 of the county's 118 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 Prairie County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 35.0% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,961 for this hazard and #20 within Montana, putting it in the 37.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Prairie County with 52 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.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2025 | MC CLOUD | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 20, 2025 | TERRY | 56 | $0 |
| Jul 20, 2025 | TERRY | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 20, 2025 | BLUFFPORT | 50 | $0 |
| Jul 10, 2025 | MC CLOUD | 60 | $0 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | MILDRED | 61 | $0 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | BLUFFPORT | 52 | $0 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | TERRY | 52 | $0 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | TERRY | 52 | $0 |
| Aug 31, 2023 | BLUFFPORT | 50 | $0 |
Other hazards here
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From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Damaging thunderstorm winds blew over a pivot sprinkler. The strong wind destoyed one machine shed. There were multiple reports of structural damage to occupied and unoccupied structures. A couple of cars were damaged from fallen tree limbs.
A severe thunderstorm moved into southern Prairie county and raced off to the northeast at 50 mph. As the storm first entered the county it produced wind damage 12 miles southwest of Terry at 5:12 pm. A National Weather employee reported a pole barn was significantly damaged at a family members home. The poles were pulled right out of the ground. A shed was also destroyed on the property. As the storm continued to track off to the northeast it produced wind gusts in excess of 80 mph. At 5:30 pm an 88 mph wind gust was measured in Terry. Numerous tree branches were downed in the area, and many homes had minor roof damage.
A thunderstorm was dying and the outflow winds from it damaged a 14' by 44' hog shed and pushed it 75 feet from its slab. The nearest measured wind was at the Miles City Airport with a gust of 48 mph. Other buildings in the area were not damaged at all and no other reports of severe weather occurred in the area.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Prairie County, Montana?
118 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Prairie County between 1990 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Prairie County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Prairie County measured 83.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Prairie 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 Prairie County, Montana.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/montana/prairie-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.