Thunderstorm Wind in Divide County, North Dakota

Thunderstorm Wind in Divide County, North Dakota: 58 recorded events between 1968 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 78. That places the county #2,650 nationally and #45 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Divide County is the 2010s, when 17 of the county's 58 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 Divide County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 34.1% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,650 for this hazard and #45 within North Dakota, putting it in the 16.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Divide 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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Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Divide County, North Dakota?

58 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Divide County between 1968 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Divide County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Divide County measured 78.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Divide 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.