Montana

Storms in Montana in 2008

1,336 events in 273 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Montana in 2008, 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 2008 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
1,336
Deaths
7
Injuries
8
Damage
$3.7 million
Episodes
273

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
Hail35001$220,000
Thunderstorm Wind21120$18,000
Winter Storm18900$3.0 million
High Wind16801$93,000
Heavy Snow16411$20,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill7800
Blizzard5910$200,000
Drought2700
Wildfire1802$102,000
Winter Weather1210
Flood1200$1,000
Flash Flood1200$12,000
Cold/Wind Chill1100
Heavy Rain600
Ice Storm500
Strong Wind400$32,000
Funnel Cloud400
Tornado200
Lightning202
Avalanche121
Dust Devil100$1,000

Every episode, month by month

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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.