Storms in Montana in 2022

1,901 events in 259 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Montana in 2022, 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 2022 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: 1,901
Deaths: 9
Injuries: 21
Damage: $4.3 million
Episodes: 259

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	562	0	1	$107,000
Thunderstorm Wind	300	0	0	$51,000
Hail	233	1	17	$1.6 million
Drought	158	0	0
Heavy Snow	151	0	0	$110,000
Winter Storm	123	1	1	$7,000
Winter Weather	70	2	1	$1,000
Heavy Rain	62	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	59	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	58	0	0
Blizzard	52	0	0	$1.0 million
Dense Fog	20	0	0
Avalanche	9	3	1
Flash Flood	9	0	0	$1.2 million
Wildfire	8	0	0
Flood	8	0	0
Strong Wind	6	2	0	$1,000
Funnel Cloud	6	0	0
Lightning	3	0	0
Tornado	3	0	0	$200,000
Heat	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in Montana Every state in 2022 Tornadoes in Montana in 2022 Warnings in Montana in 2022 2021 2023

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.