Montana

Storms in Montana in 1976

41 events in 21 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Montana in 1976, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.

Montana in 1976 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

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

Open the live radar over Montana

The year

Events
41
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$2.5 million
Episodes
21

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.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail2500
Thunderstorm Wind1400
Tornado200$2.5 million

Every episode, month by month

May 1976

June 1976

July 1976

August 1976

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Every year in MontanaEvery state in 1976Tornadoes in Montana in 197619751977

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.