Storms in Montana in 2005

1,128 events in 267 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Montana in 2005, 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 2005 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: 1,128
Deaths: 1
Injuries: 7
Damage: $9.0 million
Episodes: 267

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	335	0	1	$5.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind	240	0	0	$12,000
Heavy Snow	137	0	3
High Wind	126	0	0	$746,000
Winter Storm	93	0	0
Blizzard	38	0	0	$150,000
Heavy Rain	37	0	0
Flash Flood	29	0	0	$2.0 million
Cold/Wind Chill	20	1	0
Funnel Cloud	17	0	0
Drought	16	0	0
Flood	14	0	0	$931,000
Winter Weather	11	0	0
Tornado	11	0	0	$112,000
Lightning	3	0	3	$10,000
Ice Storm	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2005

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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.