Montana, 1965

Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, July 10, 1965

July 10, 1965 · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

3 hail, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
6
Property damage
$2.5 million
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

3 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pondera

When
July 10, 4:00 PM CST
Where
Pondera County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
48.080, -112.080

Hail, Cascade

When
July 10, 4:45 PM CST
Where
Cascade County
Measured
2.75 in hail
Coordinates
47.500, -111.180

Hail, Hill

When
July 10, 5:00 PM CST
Where
Hill County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
48.580, -109.680

Tornado, Judith Basin

When
July 10, 5:10 PM CST
Where
Judith Basin County
Rating
F2
Path length
2 mi
Path width
23 yd
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$25,000
Coordinates
46.800, -110.400

Tornado, Chouteau

When
July 10, 5:15 PM CST
Where
Chouteau County
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
33 yd
Injuries
5 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$2.5 million
Coordinates
47.800, -110.800

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10070069, 10070070, 10070071, 10070072, 10070073.