Storms in Montana in 1978
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Montana in 1978, 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 1978 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
The year
- Events
- 47
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $1.0 million
- Episodes
- 20
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 13 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
Every episode, month by month
June 1978
- Tornado in Montana, June 1, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 6, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Montana, June 9, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Montana, June 14, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 15, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, June 24, 1978
- Hail in Montana, June 28, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 29, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 30, 1978
July 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, July 2, 1978
- Tornadoes in Montana, July 3, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 4, 1978
- Tornado in Montana, July 9, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 10, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 16, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Montana, July 18, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 24, 1978
August 1978
September 1978
More
Every year in MontanaEvery state in 1978Tornadoes in Montana in 197819771979
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.