High Wind in Montana, November 7 to 8, 2025

Name: High Wind in Montana, November 7 to 8, 2025
Start: 2025-11-07T07:56
End: 2025-11-08T00:35
Location: Montana

November 7 to 8, 2025 · NWS TFX · 11 events in 11 counties and zones

A cold front passage on the morning of November 7th allowed for strong mid level winds to mix down to the surface. This brought windy conditions to the North-Central MT plains.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 11

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS TFX wrote it up.

A cold front passage on the morning of November 7th allowed for strong mid level winds to mix down to the surface. This brought windy conditions to the North-Central MT plains. Another round of strong winds arrived Friday from a potent low-level jet.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 7, 4:34 AM MST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 7, 4:34 AM MST, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 7, 7:40 AM MST, 16 minutes before

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Event by event

11 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera

When: November 7, 7:56 AM MST to 4:15 PM MST
Where: Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera forecast zone
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 48.529, -112.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Mesonet station MTVAR Valier Jct 1-15 Mp 347.0 measured a 62 mph wind gust along with high sustained winds of 43 mph over the span of 2.75 hours. Mesonet station Conrad AG RC (COAM8) measured also high sustained winds and gusts, ASOS station KCTB Cut Bank Airport measured high wind gusts, and Mesonet station Mission Lake S (MINM8) measured high sustained winds.

High Wind, East Glacier Park Region

When: November 7, 10:00 AM MST to 1:00 PM MST
Where: East Glacier Park Region forecast zone
Measured: 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 48.467, -112.610 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Mesonet station LGPVC Logan Pass (GNP) measured a 68 mph wind gust. Mesonet station SNPMT Sunpoint also measured high wind gusts.

High Wind, Southern High Plains

When: November 7, 10:30 AM MST to 12:40 PM MST
Where: Southern High Plains forecast zone
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 47.480, -112.315 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Mesonet Station Bynum W measured a 75 mph wind gust and 50 mph sustained winds over the span of an hour. Mesonet station DVI01084 Dupuyer and Mesonet station DELMT Dellwo (MCSCN) also measured high winds.

High Wind, Eastern Toole and Liberty

When: November 7, 10:45 AM MST to 4:15 PM MST
Where: Eastern Toole and Liberty forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 48.609, -111.360 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Mesonet station GW3478 TCTIBER measured a 65 mph wind gust. Mesonet station GW3546 Whitlash Seven South and Montana Mesonet sensor Mt Lebanon SE also measured high wind gusts.

High Wind, Eastern Pondera and Eastern Teton

When: November 7, 11:45 AM MST
Where: Eastern Pondera and Eastern Teton forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 48.033, -112.233 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Mesonet station MTM73 Ledger N Mda measured a 58 mph wind gust.

High Wind, Cascade County Below 5000ft

When: November 7, 12:02 PM MST to 1:29 PM MST
Where: Cascade County Below 5000ft forecast zone
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 47.308, -111.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Ambient weather station West View Estates measured a 62 mph wind gust. Two other ambient weather stations also measured a high wind gust.

High Wind, Northern High Plains

When: November 7, 12:35 PM MST to 5:00 PM MST
Where: Northern High Plains forecast zone
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 48.467, -112.610 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dupuyer N Mesonet Station measured a 59 mph wind gust. Mesonet station MTBRN Two Medicine Bridge (MT DOT) also measured a high wind gust.

High Wind, Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine

When: November 7, 2:12 PM MST
Where: Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine forecast zone
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 48.314, -109.835 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Ambient Weather Station near Judith Landing measured a 59 mph wind gust.

High Wind, Western and Central Chouteau County

When: November 7, 5:00 PM MST
Where: Western and Central Chouteau County forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 47.881, -110.435 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Mesonet station GW6710 Meadowlane measured a 58 mph wind gust.

High Wind, Hill County

When: November 7, 5:06 PM MST
Where: Hill County forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 48.628, -110.111 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

ASOS station KHVR Havre Airport measured a 58 mph wind gust.

High Wind, Fergus County Below 4500ft

When: November 7, 7:15 PM MST to November 8, 12:35 AM MST
Where: Fergus County Below 4500ft forecast zone
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 47.264, -109.224 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

AWOS station KMVH N Bar Ranch AWOS reported a 66 mph wind gust. They also had high sustained wind of 40 mph over the span of an hour. Mesonet station MTBCH Beacon Hill Us-87 Mp 35.0 also measured high wind gusts and high sustained winds. AWOS station K1OM Oscar also measured a high wind gust.

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Montana in 2025 Every state in 2025 This day in weather history Warnings in Montana, November 2025

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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1294688, 1294675, 1294850, 1294848, 1294876, 1297108, 1294681, 1294892, 1294891, 1294849, 1297109.