Storms in Montana in 1980
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Montana in 1980, 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 1980 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
- 35
- 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 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 7 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
Every episode, month by month
May 1980
- Damaging Wind in Montana, May 15, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Montana, May 22, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, May 23, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Montana, May 24, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Montana, May 25, 1980
- Tornado in Montana, May 26, 1980
June 1980
- Tornado in Montana, June 1, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Montana, June 9, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 10, 1980
- Hail in Montana, June 11, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 12, 1980
- Tornado in Montana, June 14, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 23, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Montana, June 25, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Montana, June 26, 1980
July 1980
- Damaging Winds in Montana, July 3, 1980
- Hail in Montana, July 8, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 10, 1980
- Tornado in Montana, July 13, 1980
August 1980
More
Every year in MontanaEvery state in 1980Tornadoes in Montana in 198019791981
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.