Storms in Montana in 2000

1,002 events in 386 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Montana in 2000, 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 2000 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: 1,002
Deaths: 2
Injuries: 44
Damage: $12 million
Episodes: 386

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	390	0	2	$2.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind	168	1	1	$310,000
Heavy Snow	143	0	0	$14,000
High Wind	122	0	2	$171,000
Blizzard	56	0	0
Winter Storm	39	0	0	$3.3 million
Wildfire	23	0	30	$5.3 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	14	0	0
Ice Storm	13	0	0
Tornado	10	0	0	$558,000
Flash Flood	9	0	0	$30,000
Funnel Cloud	7	0	0
Heavy Rain	3	0	0
Avalanche	2	0	1
Dust Storm	1	1	8
Waterspout	1	0	0
Storm Surge/Tide	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

January 2000

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September 2000

October 2000

November 2000

December 2000

Every year in Montana Every state in 2000 Tornadoes in Montana in 2000 Warnings in Montana in 2000 1999 2001

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.