Storms in Montana in 1998

621 events in 295 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Montana in 1998, 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 1998 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: 621
Deaths: 6
Injuries: 8
Damage: $22 million
Episodes: 295

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	230	1	2	$242,000
Heavy Snow	107	0	1	$10,000
Thunderstorm Wind	104	1	3	$823,000
High Wind	51	0	0	$85,000
Flash Flood	26	0	0	$693,000
Blizzard	16	1	0
Winter Storm	16	0	0
Heavy Rain	12	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	11	0	0
Tornado	11	0	0	$10 million
Ice Storm	11	0	0
Funnel Cloud	9	0	0
Flood	5	0	1	$9.0 million
Lightning	5	1	1
Wildfire	5	0	0	$725,000
Avalanche	2	2	0

Every episode, month by month

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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.