69
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$354K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Cache County, Utah: 69 recorded events between 1979 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 75. That places the county #2,565 nationally and #8 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Cache County, Utah: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Cache County is the 2020s, when 29 of the county's 69 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 Cache County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 61.1% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,565 for this hazard and #8 within Utah, putting it in the 18.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Cache County with 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2025 | SMITHFIELD | 50 | $0 |
| Jul 15, 2025 | WELLSVILLE | 50 | $0 |
| May 12, 2025 | LOGAN | 56 | $0 |
| May 11, 2025 | WELLSVILLE | 57 | $0 |
| May 11, 2025 | SMITHFIELD | 65 | $5K |
| May 11, 2025 | SMITHFIELD | 59 | $0 |
| May 11, 2025 | (LGU)LOGAN-CACHE ARP | 51 | $0 |
| Sep 17, 2024 | WELLSVILLE | 55 | $0 |
| Sep 16, 2024 | HILLS | 53 | $0 |
| Aug 23, 2024 | RICHMOND | 55 | $0 |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Microburst wind gusts estimated at around 80mph (70kts) hit the Trenton and Smithfield areas during the evening hours. These winds ripped the metal roof off of an 88-foot hay barn and carried it for a block. Several trees were also blown over and power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorms along the cold front produced strong winds across the Cache Valley, with a peak recorded gust of 53 mph at the Logan-Cache Airport ASOS. Several damage reports were received across the valley, including nine power poles that were knocked down in Wellsville and two power poles that were knocked over in Amalga. In addition, a 50-foot tree was knocked over and fell onto a mobile home in Smithfield.
The Crow Mountain mesonet station recorded an initial strong wind gust of 58 mph at 12:40 pm MST, followed by a subsequent peak wind gust of 68 mph at 1:20 pm MST, and a final strong gust of 67 mph at 1:30 pm MST. These wind gusts were the result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Cache County, Utah?
69 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Cache County between 1979 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Cache County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Cache County measured 75.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Cache 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 Cache County, Utah.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/utah/cache-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.