High Wind, Butte / Blackfoot Region
- When
- February 23, 2:10 PM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Butte / Blackfoot Region forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.306, -113.025 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Montana, February 23, 1996
Livingston in Park County of South Central Montana had winds sustained at 55 mph gusting to 70 mph.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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.
Livingston in Park County of South Central Montana had winds sustained at 55 mph gusting to 70 mph.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heat in Alabama, February 23 to 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, February 23, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, February 23, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, February 23 to 25, 1996
- Heat in Georgia, February 23 to 27, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, February 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, February 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 23 to 24, 1996
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 23 to 24, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 23 to 24, 1996
- Winter Storm in Alaska, February 23 to 24, 1996
More
Every storm in Montana in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, February 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5537872.