Montana, 1996

High Wind in Montana, December 4, 1996

December 4, 1996 · NWS BYZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

100 mph wind gust recrded at MIssion Field (airport) in Livingston.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 BYZ wrote it up.

100 mph wind gust recrded at MIssion Field (airport) in Livingston.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Southern Wheatland

When
December 4, 11:06 PM MST to 11:07 PM MST
Where
Southern Wheatland forecast zone
Measured
87 kt (100 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

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: 5577275.