Montana

Storm History: Daniels County, Montana

374 episodes, 528 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Daniels County, Montana: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
528
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$876,000
Episodes
374

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail16100$416,000
Drought5400
Tornado4400$36,000
Flash Flood4400$146,000
High Wind4200$31,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3000
Blizzard2700
Winter Storm2300$40,000
Cold/Wind Chill2000
Thunderstorm Wind1700$82,000
Dense Fog1500
Winter Weather1400
Heavy Snow1200
Flood1100$115,000
Ice Storm300
Heavy Rain300
Wildfire200
Lightning200$10,000
Heat200
Excessive Heat100
Dust Storm100

The deadliest

None recorded.

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Daniels County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Daniels CountyEvery warning in Daniels County since 1986Every county in Montana

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.