Montana

Storms in Montana in 2001

1,223 events in 503 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Montana in 2001, 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 2001 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
1,223
Deaths
1
Injuries
13
Damage
$6.0 million
Episodes
503

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail56200$175,000
Thunderstorm Wind21300
Heavy Snow18000$2.3 million
High Wind15904$115,000
Flash Flood6100$761,000
Winter Storm1400
Tornado1100$2.6 million
Wildfire703$55,000
Funnel Cloud600
Blizzard512
Heavy Rain300
Avalanche101
Lightning103

Every episode, month by month

January 2001

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March 2001

April 2001

May 2001

June 2001

July 2001

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September 2001

October 2001

November 2001

December 2001

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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.