Storms in Montana in 2020
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Montana in 2020, 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 2020 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
The year
- Events
- 1,349
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $3.2 million
- Episodes
- 229
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind | 472 | 0 | 1 | $663,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 235 | 0 | 3 | $460,000 |
| Hail | 172 | 1 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Winter Storm | 126 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Heavy Snow | 83 | 0 | 1 | $20,000 |
| Winter Weather | 62 | 2 | 2 | |
| Heavy Rain | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 25 | 2 | 1 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 13 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Strong Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 3 | 0 | 0 | $737,000 |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2020
- High Wind in Montana, January 1, 2020
- Avalanche in Montana, January 1, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, January 2, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, January 2, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, January 3 to 4, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, January 3 to 4, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, January 3, 2020
- Strong Wind in Montana, January 4, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, January 4, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, January 4, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, January 6, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 6 to 7, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 7, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, January 10, 2020
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Montana, January 12 to 14, 2020
- Cold in Montana, January 14 to 15, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, January 15, 2020
- Flood in Montana, January 15 to 22, 2020
- Cold in Montana, January 15 to 16, 2020
- Cold in Montana, January 17 to 18, 2020
- Dense Fog in Montana, January 23 to 24, 2020
- Dense Fog in Montana, January 29 to 30, 2020
- Winter Weather in Montana, January 30, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, January 31, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, January 31, 2020
February 2020
- High Wind in Montana, February 1, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, February 1, 2020
- Wildfire and High Wind in Montana, February 1, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, February 1, 2020
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Montana, February 1 to 3, 2020
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Montana, February 2 to 3, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, February 4, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Montana, February 5 to 10, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, February 5 to 9, 2020
- Winter Weather in Montana, February 8, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, February 11, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 11 to 12, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, February 11 to 12, 2020
- Cold in Montana, February 13, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, February 13 to 14, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, February 14, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Montana, February 16 to 17, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, February 20, 2020
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Montana, February 22 to 23, 2020
- Winter Weather in Montana, February 23, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, February 23 to 24, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 24, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, February 24 to 25, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, February 29, 2020
March 2020
- Flooding in Montana, March 1 to 11, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, March 2 to 4, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, March 2 to 4, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Montana, March 4, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, March 4, 2020
- Flooding in Montana, March 7 to 12, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, March 10 to 11, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, March 10 to 11, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, March 11 to 12, 2020
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Montana, March 12 to 15, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, March 13 to 15, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Montana, March 13 to 14, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 13 to 15, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, March 14 to 15, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, March 30 to 31, 2020
- Flood in Montana, March 31, 2020
April 2020
- Flood in Montana, April 1 to 2, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, April 1, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, April 1, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, April 1 to 2, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, April 8, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, April 10 to 12, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Montana, April 10 to 11, 2020
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Montana, April 11 to 12, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, April 14 to 16, 2020
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Montana, April 27, 2020
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Montana, April 28, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, April 28, 2020
May 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, May 3, 2020
- Hail in Montana, May 3, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, May 6, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, May 6 to 7, 2020
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Montana, May 7, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Montana, May 15, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, May 18, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, May 18 to 21, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, May 19 to 20, 2020
- Flood in Montana, May 19 to 31, 2020
- Hail in Montana, May 20, 2020
- Flood in Montana, May 20, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, May 20, 2020
- Tornado and Hail in Montana, May 20, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, May 21, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Montana, May 31, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, May 31, 2020
- Flood in Montana, May 31, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, May 31, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Montana, May 31, 2020
June 2020
- Hail in Montana, June 3, 2020
- Hail in Montana, June 4, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 6, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, June 6, 2020
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Montana, June 6, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Montana, June 6, 2020
- Hail in Montana, June 7, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Montana, June 8, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 13 to 14, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Montana, June 13, 2020
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Montana, June 13, 2020
- Funnel Cloud in Montana, June 16, 2020
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Montana, June 18 to 20, 2020
- Hail in Montana, June 21, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 24, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 24, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 24, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 27, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Montana, June 27, 2020
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Montana, June 29 to 30, 2020
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Montana, June 29, 2020
July 2020
- Damaging Winds in Montana, July 1, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 3, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 3 to 7, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 3, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Montana, July 4, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 4, 2020
- Hail in Montana, July 5, 2020
- Hail in Montana, July 5, 2020
- Hail in Montana, July 6, 2020
- Hail in Montana, July 6, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 7, 2020
- Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, July 7, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, July 9, 2020
- Hail in Montana, July 10, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Montana, July 10, 2020
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 23, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 23, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 23, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 25, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Montana, July 30, 2020
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Montana, July 31, 2020
- Hail in Montana, July 31, 2020
August 2020
- Hail in Montana, August 3, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Montana, August 3, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Montana, August 6, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Montana, August 6, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Montana, August 6, 2020
- Wildfire in Montana, August 7 to 14, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Montana, August 12, 2020
- Wildfire in Montana, August 17 to 31, 2020
- Hail in Montana, August 19, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, August 20, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Montana, August 20, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Montana, August 20, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Montana, August 25, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Montana, August 25, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Montana, August 25, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, August 26, 2020
- Hail in Montana, August 26, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Montana, August 27, 2020
September 2020
- Wildfire and High Wind in Montana, September 1 to 10, 2020
- Wildfire and High Wind in Montana, September 2, 2020
- Wildfire in Montana, September 2 to 28, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, September 2, 2020
- Wildfire in Montana, September 4 to 30, 2020
- Winter Weather in Montana, September 6 to 8, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Montana, September 7, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, September 7 to 8, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, September 7, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Montana, September 8, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, September 24, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, September 24, 2020
October 2020
- Drought in Montana, October 1 to 31, 2020
- Wildfire in Montana, October 3 to 31, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, October 10 to 11, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, October 10 to 12, 2020
- High Wind and Winter Weather in Montana, October 12 to 15, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, October 13 to 14, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, October 13 to 14, 2020
- Winter Weather in Montana, October 15, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, October 16, 2020
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Montana, October 16 to 19, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, October 17 to 19, 2020
- Drought in Montana, October 20 to 31, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Montana, October 21 to 22, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, October 21 to 22, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Montana, October 21 to 22, 2020
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Montana, October 23 to 24, 2020
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Montana, October 23 to 24, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Montana, October 23 to 24, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, October 23 to 25, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, October 27 to 30, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, October 30, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Montana, October 30, 2020
November 2020
- Drought in Montana, November 1 to 30, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Montana, November 1 to 5, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Montana, November 7 to 9, 2020
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Montana, November 7 to 9, 2020
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Montana, November 7 to 8, 2020
- Winter Storm in Montana, November 7 to 8, 2020
- Dense Fog in Montana, November 9 to 10, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Montana, November 10 to 11, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Montana, November 13 to 15, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, November 13 to 14, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, November 13 to 14, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, November 15, 2020
- Winter Weather in Montana, November 19, 2020
- Dense Fog in Montana, November 24, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, November 24, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, November 26 to 28, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, November 27, 2020
December 2020
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Montana, December 1, 2020
- Drought in Montana, December 1 to 31, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, December 7 to 8, 2020
- Drought in Montana, December 8 to 31, 2020
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Montana, December 9, 2020
- Winter Weather in Montana, December 9 to 10, 2020
- Dense Fog in Montana, December 10 to 11, 2020
- Dense Fog in Montana, December 10 to 11, 2020
- Winter Weather in Montana, December 13 to 14, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, December 15, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, December 19 to 20, 2020
- Dust Storm and High Wind in Montana, December 19 to 20, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, December 19 to 20, 2020
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Montana, December 20 to 22, 2020
- Winter Weather in Montana, December 22, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, December 22 to 23, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, December 22, 2020
- High Wind in Montana, December 24, 2020
- Dense Fog in Montana, December 27 to 28, 2020
- Winter Weather in Montana, December 30 to 31, 2020
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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.