Montana, 1997

High Wind in Montana, January 30, 1997

January 30, 1997 · NWS BYZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

85 mph wind gust recorded at 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.

85 mph wind gust recorded at airport in Livingston.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Southern Wheatland

When
January 30, 11:57 AM MST to 11:59 AM MST
Where
Southern Wheatland forecast zone
Measured
74 kt (85 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5587793.