Storms in Montana in 1997

601 events in 333 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Montana in 1997, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Montana in 1997 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

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The year

Events: 601
Deaths: 3
Injuries: 2
Damage: $5.5 million
Episodes: 333

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
Hail	155	0	0	$258,000
Thunderstorm Wind	127	0	2	$1.5 million
Heavy Snow	101	0	0	$200,000
High Wind	52	0	0	$2,000
Flood	47	0	0	$2.6 million
Winter Storm	44	0	0
Flash Flood	16	0	0	$472,000
Blizzard	16	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	12	1	0
Dense Fog	10	0	0
Tornado	9	0	0	$548,000
Funnel Cloud	8	0	0
Lightning	2	0	0
Frost/Freeze	1	0	0
Ice Storm	1	2	0

Every episode, month by month

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November 1997

Ice Storm in Montana, November 19, 19972 deaths · 1 event

December 1997

Every year in Montana Every state in 1997 Tornadoes in Montana in 1997 Warnings in Montana in 1997 1996 1998

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.