Montana

Storms in Montana in 2003

887 events in 472 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Montana in 2003, 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 2003 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
887
Deaths
0
Injuries
15
Damage
$8.0 million
Episodes
472

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
Heavy Snow19100
High Wind18301
Hail14802$561,000
Winter Storm14700$15,000
Thunderstorm Wind8801$305,000
Blizzard3602
Wildfire2903$5.9 million
Flood1900$825,000
Heat1600
Lightning606$16,000
Tornado600
Flash Flood500$365,000
Cold/Wind Chill400
Dust Devil400$43,000
Avalanche200
Funnel Cloud200
Strong Wind100$20,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2003

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June 2003

July 2003

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September 2003

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November 2003

December 2003

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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.