Storms in Montana in 2018

1,088 events in 247 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Montana in 2018, 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 2018 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: 1,088
Deaths: 6
Injuries: 4
Damage: $11 million
Episodes: 247

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	274	0	0	$20,000
Winter Storm	235	1	0	$10 million
High Wind	179	0	0
Thunderstorm Wind	174	0	0	$20,000
Flood	66	0	0	$552,000
Drought	32	0	0
Flash Flood	25	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	23	0	0
Winter Weather	18	3	4	$1,000
Blizzard	16	0	0
Excessive Heat	13	1	0
Tornado	10	0	0
Heavy Snow	8	1	0
Dense Fog	7	0	0
Funnel Cloud	3	0	0
Frost/Freeze	3	0	0
Avalanche	1	0	0
Wildfire	1	0	0

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.