Thunderstorm Wind in Mountrail County, North Dakota

Thunderstorm Wind in Mountrail County, North Dakota: 144 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 83. That places the county #1,608 nationally and #16 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Mountrail County is the 2010s, when 41 of the county's 144 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 Mountrail County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 35.2% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,608 for this hazard and #16 within North Dakota, putting it in the 48.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Mountrail County with 66 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 Mountrail County, North Dakota?

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

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Mountrail County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Mountrail County measured 83.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Mountrail 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.