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High Wind Warnings in Montana, 2025
70 high wind warnings in 2025. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 70
- Busiest month
- December19 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- March 23, 20253 high wind warnings
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By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 9:36 AM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:20 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 30 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:46 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 36 hr |
| Jan 15, 1:52 AM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Cascade, Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Pondera and 2 more | 42 hr |
| Jan 16, 10:30 AM MST | High Wind Warning | GGW | Phillips | 23 hr |
| Jan 16, 8:51 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Glacier, Hill, Liberty, Pondera and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 20, 1:52 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 39 hr |
| Jan 20, 12:52 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 28 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:22 AM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 14 hr |
| Jan 28, 11:16 AM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 38 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:31 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 42 hr |
| Jan 31, 1:11 AM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Cascade, Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Madison, Pondera and 1 more | 39 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:15 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Carbon, Golden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 66 hr |
| Feb 22, 10:11 AM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Hill, Judith Basin and 7 more | 51 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:41 PM MST | High Wind Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 4 more | 48 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:24 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton and 1 more | 28 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:18 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 22 hr |
| Feb 26, 1:28 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Glacier, Hill, Lewis and Clark, Liberty and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 27, 9:56 AM MST | High Wind Warning | GGW | Phillips | 8 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:41 AM MST | High Wind Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 61 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:36 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill and 7 more | 47 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:19 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 26 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:54 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Madison and 1 more | 45 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:40 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 38 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:17 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | GGW | Phillips | 20 hr |
| Mar 21, 11:26 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 6 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:12 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 27 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:13 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton and 1 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:40 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | GGW | Petroleum, Phillips | 25 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:43 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 28 hr |
| Apr 8, 12:49 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 16 hr |
| Apr 12, 11:50 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Fergus, Hill, Liberty, Toole | 26 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:25 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | GGW | Petroleum | 13 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:29 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Carter, Fallon, Powder River | 16 hr |
| May 16, 2:16 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Carter, Fallon | 11 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:03 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Madison | 15 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:03 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Liberty, Pondera, Toole | 47 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:07 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | GGW | Sheridan | 29 hr |
| Oct 12, 10:47 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Sanders | 25 hr |
| Oct 18, 1:42 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Cascade, Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Pondera, Teton and 1 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 25, 1:19 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 29 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:35 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton, Toole | 39 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:46 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 10 more | 49 hr |
| Nov 1, 10:08 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 30 hr |
| Nov 1, 1:30 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | GGW | Phillips | 23 hr |
| Nov 5, 8:18 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 18 hr |
| Nov 6, 2:36 AM MST | High Wind Warning | GGW | Phillips | 14 hr |
| Nov 7, 2:10 AM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 9, 1:57 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Pondera and 2 more | 38 hr |
| Nov 12, 11:41 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton and 1 more | 38 hr |
| Nov 21, 10:04 AM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 6 hr |
| Dec 8, 1:10 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 9 more | 38 hr |
| Dec 8, 1:56 AM MST | High Wind Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 42 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:28 AM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 10 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:56 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Cascade, Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Madison and 3 more | 46 hr |
| Dec 10, 1:20 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 37 hr |
| Dec 13, 6:55 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera | 25 hr |
| Dec 14, 1:54 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill and 8 more | 44 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:19 AM MST | High Wind Warning | GGW | Phillips | 32 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:27 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Carbon, Golden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 36 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:13 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and 12 more | 61 hr |
| Dec 16, 10:26 AM MST | High Wind Warning | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 34 hr |
| Dec 16, 1:43 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 9 more | 39 hr |
| Dec 16, 1:44 PM MST | High Wind Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 37 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:02 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Golden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass and 1 more | 38 hr |
| Dec 18, 1:42 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and 12 more | 28 hr |
| Dec 19, 1:56 AM MST | High Wind Warning | GGW | Phillips | 13 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:29 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Madison | 31 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:10 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Madison | 29 hr |
| Dec 28, 6:42 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pondera County32
- Toole County32
- Glacier County31
- Lewis and Clark County18
- Teton County17
- Fergus County16
- Sweet Grass County15
- Wheatland County15
- Judith Basin County15
- Liberty County14
- Cascade County12
- Phillips County12
- Golden Valley County12
- Madison County12
- Hill County11
- Blaine County10
- Chouteau County10
- Stillwater County8
- Meagher County8
- Park County7
- Carbon County6
- Petroleum County6
- Broadwater County5
- Gallatin County5
- Dawson County4
- Garfield County4
- McCone County4
- Prairie County4
- Richland County4
- Roosevelt County4
- Valley County4
- Wibaux County4
- Sheridan County4
- Big Horn County4
- Carter County4
- Fallon County4
- Daniels County3
- Beaverhead County3
- Jefferson County3
- Powder River County3
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.