Montana

Storms in Montana in 2009

883 events in 198 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Montana in 2009, 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 2009 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
883
Deaths
5
Injuries
1
Damage
$6.5 million
Episodes
198

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
Winter Storm21700$10,000
Hail21100$143,000
Thunderstorm Wind12000$4,000
High Wind10800$63,000
Heavy Snow5331$5,000
Blizzard3900$1.5 million
Winter Weather3100
Heavy Rain2900
Ice Storm2200
Funnel Cloud1200
Flash Flood1200$4.4 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1110
Tornado400$100,000
Cold/Wind Chill400
Flood300$90,000
Lightning310$140,000
Wildfire100
Dense Fog100
Drought100
Strong Wind100

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.