High Wind, Eastern Glacier
- When
- December 16, 10:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Glacier forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
High Wind in Montana, December 16, 1996
Strong gusty winds were reported across north central Montana. Cut Bank had a gust of 63 mph while Fort Belknap reported a gust to 72 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TFX wrote it up.
Strong gusty winds were reported across north central Montana. Cut Bank had a gust of 63 mph while Fort Belknap reported a gust to 72 mph.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Hill
- When
- December 16, 10:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Hill forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard in South Dakota, December 16 to 18, 1996
- Dense Fog in California, December 16, 1996
- High Wind in Utah, December 16, 1996
- Blizzard in South Dakota, December 16 to 18, 1996
- Blizzard in North Dakota, December 16 to 18, 1996
- Winter Storm in Indiana, December 16, 1996
- Cold in Nebraska, December 16 to 19, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 16, 1996
- Blizzard in Montana, December 16 to 17, 1996
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, December 16 to 17, 1996
- Winter Storm in Illinois, December 16, 1996
- Blizzard in South Dakota, December 16 to 17, 1996
More
Every storm in Montana in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, December 1996
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5579960, 5579961.