Straight-Line Winds: FEMA declarations

Official FEMA records · Historical data · Last refreshed 5 Nov 2026, 18:35 UTC

FEMA has recorded 6 declarations with “Straight-Line Winds” as the primary incident type, from 23 Aug 2024 to 29 May 2026 . The most in one year was 4, in 2026.

Incident types are FEMA's own classification. See how FEMA declares disasters.These figures count FEMA declarations and designated areas. They do not measure damage, cost, deaths or how severe an event was.

Latest declarations

Latest 6 straight-line winds declarations
Declaration State Incident type Declared ID
Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds Montana Straight-Line Winds 29 May 2026 DR-4915-MT
Straight-Line Winds Idaho Straight-Line Winds 7 Apr 2026 DR-4905-ID
Straight-Line Winds South Dakota Straight-Line Winds 7 Apr 2026 DR-4903-SD
Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds Montana Straight-Line Winds 7 Apr 2026 DR-4902-MT
Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds Minnesota Straight-Line Winds 22 Oct 2025 DR-4894-MN
Straight-Line Winds Montana Straight-Line Winds 23 Aug 2024 DR-4813-MT

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Declarations per year

Straight-Line Winds declarations per year, 2024–2026

Measure: number of FEMA declarations with straight-line winds as the primary incident type, by year declared. Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2. 2026 is partial: it runs to the latest FEMA record.
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Straight-Line Winds declarations per year, 2024–2026
Year Declarations
2026 4
2025 1
2024 1

By decade

Straight-Line Windsdeclarations by decade declared
Decade Declarations
2020s 6

States and territories with the most

Top states forstraight-line windsdeclarations
State or territory Declarations
Montana 3
Idaho 1
South Dakota 1
Minnesota 1