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High Wind Watches in Montana, 2025

63 high wind watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.

High Wind Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.

High Wind Watches
63
Busiest month
December18 high wind watches
Busiest day
December 14, 20255 high wind watches

Over time

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 12:55 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXGlacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton, Toole11 hr
Jan 13, 2:53 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXCascade, Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Pondera and 2 more47 hr
Jan 19, 2:04 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchBYZGolden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland24 hr
Jan 19, 12:12 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXGlacier, Pondera, Toole25 hr
Jan 22, 12:47 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXGlacier, Pondera, Toole14 hr
Jan 28, 3:29 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXGlacier, Pondera, Toole8 hr
Jan 30, 2:06 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXCascade, Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Madison, Pondera and 1 more23 hr
Feb 20, 1:17 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXBlaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill and 7 more3 days
Feb 21, 2:26 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchBYZGolden Valley, Sweet Grass, Wheatland13 hr
Feb 21, 1:20 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchGGWPhillips23 hr
Feb 22, 3:26 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchBYZCarbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass10 hr
Feb 22, 1:24 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchGGWDaniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more24 hr
Feb 23, 1:00 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXBlaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill and 7 more31 hr
Feb 23, 1:14 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchBYZGolden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland30 hr
Mar 7, 11:10 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXBlaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill and 6 more38 hr
Mar 8, 12:46 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchGGWDaniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more47 hr
Mar 8, 1:12 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchBYZGolden Valley, Sweet Grass, Wheatland34 hr
Mar 14, 1:47 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchTFXBeaverhead, Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Madison and 1 more30 hr
Mar 14, 2:49 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchBYZBig Horn, Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland44 hr
Mar 19, 2:30 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchTFXGlacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton, Toole24 hr
Mar 21, 1:45 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchBYZGolden Valley, Sweet Grass, Wheatland13 hr
Mar 21, 2:05 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchTFXBroadwater, Fergus, Gallatin, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark and 2 more24 hr
Mar 22, 2:06 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchTFXGlacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton, Toole36 hr
Mar 23, 12:57 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchBYZGolden Valley, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland13 hr
Apr 12, 10:14 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchGGWPetroleum, Phillips16 hr
May 10, 1:38 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchTFXBeaverhead, Gallatin, Madison12 hr
Jun 19, 2:14 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchTFXMadison13 hr
Jun 19, 2:14 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchTFXGlacier, Liberty, Pondera, Toole13 hr
Jul 13, 12:39 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchMSOFlathead, Lake, Lincoln, Sanders24 hr
Oct 11, 11:51 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchMSOFlathead, Lake, Sanders23 hr
Oct 17, 12:06 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchTFXCascade, Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Pondera, Teton and 1 more49 hr
Oct 19, 12:10 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchBYZCarter, Custer, Fallon14 hr
Oct 23, 12:36 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchTFXBeaverhead, Gallatin, Jefferson, Madison50 hr
Oct 25, 3:02 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchTFXGlacier, Pondera, Toole10 hr
Oct 30, 2:54 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchTFXBlaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 10 more47 hr
Oct 31, 2:39 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchTFXGlacier, Pondera, Toole11 hr
Oct 31, 9:51 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchBYZGolden Valley, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland24 hr
Nov 1, 12:46 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchGGWPhillips13 hr
Nov 3, 11:50 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXGlacier, Pondera, Toole8 hr
Nov 4, 8:06 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXBlaine, Chouteau, Glacier, Hill, Liberty, Pondera and 1 more58 hr
Nov 5, 1:53 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchGGWPhillips25 hr
Nov 5, 1:44 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXGlacier, Pondera, Toole7 hr
Nov 6, 2:06 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXBlaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Hill24 hr
Nov 8, 11:39 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXGlacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton, Toole14 hr
Nov 12, 1:53 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXGlacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton, Toole10 hr
Dec 7, 1:17 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchBYZBig Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 9 more36 hr
Dec 7, 1:45 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchGGWDaniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more24 hr
Dec 7, 2:47 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXBlaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 10 more25 hr
Dec 9, 3:17 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXGlacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton, Toole12 hr
Dec 9, 3:15 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchBYZGolden Valley, Sweet Grass, Wheatland10 hr
Dec 13, 1:53 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXGlacier, Pondera5 hr
Dec 13, 1:53 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXCascade, Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Liberty and 3 more24 hr
Dec 14, 3:15 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchBYZGolden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland23 hr
Dec 14, 1:29 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchGGWPhillips13 hr
Dec 14, 1:43 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchMSODeer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more45 hr
Dec 14, 1:54 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXBlaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Hill, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark and 3 more13 hr
Dec 14, 1:54 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXBlaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 11 more24 hr
Dec 15, 11:46 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchGGWDaniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more26 hr
Dec 16, 3:05 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchBYZBig Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 9 more11 hr
Dec 18, 2:43 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXCascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark and 6 more11 hr
Dec 18, 3:02 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchBYZBig Horn, Carbon, Golden Valley, Wheatland11 hr
Dec 22, 12:33 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXMadison25 hr
Dec 30, 12:12 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchTFXGlacier, Pondera, Toole14 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

16 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. December 14, 20255high wind watches
  2. December 7, 20253high wind watches
  3. January 19, 20252high wind watches
  4. February 21, 20252high wind watches
  5. February 22, 20252high wind watches
  6. February 23, 20252high wind watches
  7. March 8, 20252high wind watches
  8. March 14, 20252high wind watches
  9. March 21, 20252high wind watches
  10. June 19, 20252high wind watches
  11. October 31, 20252high wind watches
  12. November 4, 20252high wind watches

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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.