High Wind, Hill
- When
- November 18, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Hill forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
High Wind in Montana, November 18, 2005
A high wind event occurred during the afternoon of the 18th. Reported wind speeds include: a gust to 59 mph at Inverness, a gust to 66 mph at Denton, a gust to 64 mph at Hays amd a gust to 59 mph at the Oscar RAWS site.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TFX wrote it up.
A high wind event occurred during the afternoon of the 18th. Reported wind speeds include: a gust to 59 mph at Inverness, a gust to 66 mph at Denton, a gust to 64 mph at Hays amd a gust to 59 mph at the Oscar RAWS site.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Chouteau
- When
- November 18, 12:45 PM MST
- Where
- Chouteau forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
High Wind, Blaine
- When
- November 18, 12:45 PM MST
- Where
- Blaine forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
High Wind, Fergus
- When
- November 18, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Fergus forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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The same day elsewhere
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More
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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5480393, 5480394, 5480395, 5480396.