Montana

Storms in Montana in 2011

1,514 events in 352 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Montana in 2011, 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 2011 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
1,514
Deaths
6
Injuries
7
Damage
$22 million
Episodes
352

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
High Wind30102$310,000
Hail27300$26,000
Winter Storm22810$3,000
Flood19520$20 million
Thunderstorm Wind18500$22,000
Heavy Snow9100$23,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill6300
Winter Weather4902
Flash Flood3210
Blizzard2900$65,000
Heavy Rain2200
Funnel Cloud1500
Tornado900$1.1 million
Strong Wind700
Cold/Wind Chill500
Lightning313$20,000
Ice Storm200
Dense Fog100
Heat110
Wildfire100
Debris Flow100$36,000
Avalanche100

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.