Hail, Prairie
- When
- July 17, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Prairie County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.830, -105.120
Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 17, 1975
7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dawson
- When
- July 17, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Dawson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.100, -104.730
Hail, Richland
- When
- July 17, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 47.450, -104.350
Hail, Powder River
- When
- July 17, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Powder River County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -106.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Powder River
- When
- July 17, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Powder River County
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -106.180
Hail, Powder River
- When
- July 17, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Powder River County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -105.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Powder River
- When
- July 17, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Powder River County
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -105.420
Hail, Carter
- When
- July 17, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.470, -104.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Carter
- When
- July 17, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Coordinates
- 45.470, -104.950
Hail, Carter
- When
- July 17, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.430, -104.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Carter
- When
- July 17, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County
- Coordinates
- 45.430, -104.070
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Virginia, July 17, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 17, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 17, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, July 17, 1975
- Tornado in Louisiana, July 17, 1975
- Hail in Missouri, July 17, 1975
- Tornado in Florida, July 17, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 17, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 17, 1975
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: 10073567, 10073568, 10073569, 10073570, 10073571, 10073572, 10073573, 10073574, 10073575, 10073576, 10073577.