High Wind, North Rocky Mountain Front
- When
- December 31, 6:00 AM MST to 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- North Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
High Wind in Montana, December 31, 1996
A few spots across central Montana reported high winds. White Sulpher Springs had a gust of 62 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.
A few spots across central Montana reported high winds. White Sulpher Springs had a gust of 62 mph. Along the front range of the rockies wind gusts of 76 and 79 mph were reported at Choteau and Heart Butte respectively.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Southern Lewis and Clark
- When
- December 31, 6:00 AM MST to 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Lewis and Clark forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 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
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- Dense Fog in Florida, December 31, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, December 31, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, December 31, 1996
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 31, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, December 31, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, December 31, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, December 31, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, December 31, 1996
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: 5579964, 5579965.