Storms in Montana in 2010

1,185 events in 215 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Montana in 2010, 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 2010 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: 1,185
Deaths: 6
Injuries: 8
Damage: $96 million
Episodes: 215

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	346	0	0	$62 million
Winter Storm	275	0	0	$194,000
High Wind	197	0	0	$178,000
Thunderstorm Wind	161	0	0	$26,000
Blizzard	41	0	1	$17,000
Heavy Snow	37	0	0
Heavy Rain	25	0	0
Funnel Cloud	18	0	0
Flash Flood	16	0	0	$212,000
Winter Weather	14	1	0
Freezing Fog	14	0	0
Dense Fog	11	0	0
Tornado	10	3	2	$34 million
Flood	4	0	0	$130,000
Cold/Wind Chill	3	0	0
Strong Wind	3	0	0	$3,000
Ice Storm	3	0	4
Avalanche	2	2	1
Lightning	2	0	0	$250,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	2	0	0
Wildfire	1	0	0	$75,000

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.