Montana

Storms in Montana in 2017

969 events in 199 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Montana in 2017, 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 2017 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
969
Deaths
4
Injuries
3
Damage
$1.2 million
Episodes
199

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 Wind28000$187,000
Winter Storm20811$75,000
Thunderstorm Wind14500$60,000
Drought10500
Hail6610$30,000
Heavy Snow4212$1,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3100
Flood2400$83,000
Dense Fog1800
Blizzard900$10,000
Winter Weather910
Cold/Wind Chill600
Heavy Rain500$25,000
Wildfire500
Frost/Freeze400
Avalanche300
Strong Wind300
Funnel Cloud300
Freezing Fog100
Flash Flood100$695,000
Tornado100

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.