Storms in Montana in 2026

Events

830

Deaths

4

Injuries

9

Damage

$232,000

Episodes

129

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.

January 2026

• Freezing Fog in Montana, January 1 to 4, 20264 events
• Winter Weather in Montana, January 1 to 2, 20267 events
• High Wind in Montana, January 6, 202670 kt wind · 11 events
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Montana, January 6 to 7, 20265 events
• High Wind and Winter Weather in Montana, January 7, 202651 kt wind · 2 events
• High Wind in Montana, January 7, 202650 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Montana, January 9, 20261 event
• High Wind in Montana, January 10, 202660 kt wind · 4 events
• High Wind in Montana, January 11 to 12, 202677 kt wind · 11 events
• High Wind in Montana, January 12, 202654 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Montana, January 15 to 16, 202659 kt wind · 4 events
• High Wind in Montana, January 15, 202651 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Montana, January 15 to 16, 202663 kt wind · 12 events
• High Wind in Montana, January 17, 202651 kt wind · 3 events
• High Wind in Montana, January 17 to 18, 202657 kt wind · 4 events
• Winter Weather in Montana, January 19, 2026$5,000 · 1 event
• High Wind in Montana, January 20, 20261 event
• High Wind in Montana, January 20 to 21, 202661 kt wind · 8 events
• High Wind in Montana, January 20 to 21, 202656 kt wind · 2 events
• High Wind in Montana, January 21 to 26, 202668 kt wind · 2 events
• High Wind in Montana, January 21, 202652 kt wind · 1 event
• Extreme Cold in Montana, January 22 to 24, 20262 events
• Extreme Cold in Montana, January 23, 20264 events
• Extreme Cold in Montana, January 23 to 25, 20264 events
• High Wind in Montana, January 25, 20261 event
• High Wind in Montana, January 30 to 31, 202669 kt wind · 9 events

February 2026

• Dense Fog in Montana, February 2, 20262 events
• Dense Fog in Montana, February 3, 20264 events
• Dense Fog in Montana, February 4, 20261 event
• High Wind in Montana, February 7 to 8, 202664 kt wind · 5 events
• Winter Storm in Montana, February 8 to 9, 20265 events
• Winter Weather in Montana, February 8 to 9, 20261 event
• Winter Weather in Montana, February 14 to 15, 20263 deaths · 3 injured · 2 events
• High Wind in Montana, February 16 to 17, 202670 kt wind · 11 events
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Montana, February 17 to 18, 20264 events
• Drought in Montana, February 17 to 28, 20261 event
• High Wind and Winter Weather in Montana, February 17, 202657 kt wind · 7 events
• High Wind in Montana, February 17 to 18, 202656 kt wind · 6 events
• Blizzard in Montana, February 17 to 18, 20264 events
• Winter Storm and High Wind in Montana, February 23 to 25, 202654 kt wind · 2 events
• Drought in Montana, February 24 to 28, 20263 events
• High Wind in Montana, February 25, 202668 kt wind · 10 events
• High Wind in Montana, February 25 to 26, 202667 kt wind · 8 events
• High Wind in Montana, February 25 to 27, 202683 kt wind · 15 events
• High Wind in Montana, February 26, 202654 kt wind · 1 event

March 2026

• Drought in Montana, March 1 to 31, 20264 events
• Winter Weather in Montana, March 5, 20261 event
• Heavy Snow in Montana, March 5 to 6, 20263 events
• Winter Storm in Montana, March 5 to 6, 20262 events
• High Wind in Montana, March 7 to 8, 2026$20,000 · 73 kt wind · 23 events
• High Wind in Montana, March 7 to 8, 202679 kt wind · 13 events
• Strong Wind in Montana, March 7 to 8, 2026$8,000 · 5 events
• High Wind in Montana, March 8, 202670 kt wind · 11 events
• Wildfire in Montana, March 8 to 9, 20262 events
• Winter Storm and High Wind in Montana, March 11 to 14, 20261 death · $156,000 · 63 kt wind · 15 events
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Montana, March 11 to 15, 202682 kt wind · 43 events
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Montana, March 11 to 12, 202685 kt wind · 4 events
• High Wind in Montana, March 11 to 12, 202674 kt wind · 27 events
• High Wind in Montana, March 12, 202672 kt wind · 11 events
• Winter Storm in Montana, March 12 to 15, 202620 events
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Montana, March 13 to 15, 20264 events
• High Wind in Montana, March 14, 202657 kt wind · 4 events
• Winter Storm in Montana, March 14 to 15, 20261 event
• High Wind in Montana, March 16 to 18, 202659 kt wind · 6 events
• High Wind in Montana, March 16 to 17, 202668 kt wind · 14 events
• High Wind in Montana, March 17, 202666 kt wind · 7 events
• High Wind in Montana, March 18, 202665 kt wind · 5 events
• Wildfire in Montana, March 18 to 20, 20262 events
• High Wind in Montana, March 19, 2026$3,000 · 92 kt wind · 10 events
• High Wind in Montana, March 19 to 20, 202674 kt wind · 11 events
• High Wind in Montana, March 25, 202668 kt wind · 8 events

April 2026

• Drought in Montana, April 1 to 30, 20261 event
• Winter Weather in Montana, April 2 to 3, 20262 events
• Heavy Snow in Montana, April 2 to 3, 20262 events
• Winter Weather in Montana, April 2 to 3, 20262 events
• Winter Storm in Montana, April 2 to 4, 202610 events
• High Wind in Montana, April 7, 202668 kt wind · 14 events
• High Wind in Montana, April 7, 202652 kt wind · 3 events
• Strong Wind in Montana, April 7, 20262 events
• High Wind in Montana, April 8, 202656 kt wind · 4 events
• Damaging Winds in Montana, April 11, 202656 kt wind · 6 events
• Winter Weather in Montana, April 15 to 16, 20262 events
• Winter Storm in Montana, April 15 to 16, 20262 events
• High Wind in Montana, April 15, 20261 event
• Heavy Snow in Montana, April 15 to 17, 20262 events
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in Montana, April 22 to 25, 202662 kt wind · 8 events
• Winter Storm and High Wind in Montana, April 22 to 24, 202657 kt wind · 4 events
• Damaging Winds in Montana, April 22, 202662 kt wind · 22 events
• Winter Weather in Montana, April 22 to 24, 20265 events
• High Wind in Montana, April 22 to 23, 202664 kt wind · 11 events
• Blizzard in Montana, April 23, 20263 events
• Frost and Freeze in Montana, April 25 to 26, 20264 events

May 2026

• Drought in Montana, May 1 to 31, 20261 event
• Drought in Montana, May 12 to 31, 20264 events
• Drought in Montana, May 12 to 31, 20262 events
• Damaging Winds and High Wind in Montana, May 13 to 14, 2026$9,000 · 77 kt wind · 77 events
• Damaging Winds and High Wind in Montana, May 13 to 14, 202682 kt wind · 38 events
• Damaging Wind and Strong Wind in Montana, May 13, 2026$3,000 · 58 kt wind · 2 events
• Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Montana, May 13 to 14, 202671 kt wind · 21 events
• Winter Weather and Frost and Freeze in Montana, May 14 to 19, 20266 injured · $10,000 · 6 events
• Drought in Montana, May 19 to 31, 20261 event
• Strong Wind in Montana, May 20, 2026$5,000 · 1 event
• Winter Storm in Montana, May 20 to 21, 20261 event
• Drought in Montana, May 26 to 31, 20261 event
• Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Montana, May 26, 202655 kt wind · 4 events
• Damaging Winds in Montana, May 26, 202663 kt wind · 4 events
• Damaging Winds in Montana, May 28 to 29, 2026$1,000 · 61 kt wind · 7 events
• Debris Flow and Flooding in Montana, May 28 to 31, 2026$4,000 · 3 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, May 28, 2026$8,000 · 1.25 in hail · 6 events
• Damaging Winds in Montana, May 29, 202657 kt wind · 2 events
• High Wind in Montana, May 31, 202662 kt wind · 1 event

June 2026

• Drought in Montana, June 1 to 30, 202610 events
• Damaging Wind in Montana, June 1, 202650 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Montana, June 2, 20263 in hail · 1 event
• High Wind in Montana, June 6, 202657 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Montana, June 6, 202651 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 6 to 7, 20262 in hail · 7 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 7, 20263 in hail · 9 events
• Damaging Winds in Montana, June 7, 202655 kt wind · 4 events
• Frost and Freeze in Montana, June 7 to 8, 20264 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 12, 20261 in hail · 2 events
• Strong Wind in Montana, June 12, 20261 event
• High Wind in Montana, June 16, 202661 kt wind · 3 events
• Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Montana, June 22, 202662 kt wind · 3 events
• Hail in Montana, June 25, 20261.5 in hail · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 27, 20262 in hail · 12 events
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Montana, June 27 to 28, 20261.75 in hail · 15 events
• Flood and Heavy Snow in Montana, June 28 to 30, 202661 kt wind · 4 events
• Flooding in Montana, June 29 to 30, 20262 events

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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.