Storm History: Dawson County, Montana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Dawson 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
- 853
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- $12 million
- Episodes
- 548
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 274 | 1 | 1 | $5.9 million |
| Flash Flood | 97 | 0 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| High Wind | 91 | 0 | 2 | $26,000 |
| Tornado | 80 | 0 | 1 | $3.2 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 65 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 48 | 0 | 0 | $990,000 |
| Blizzard | 36 | 0 | 2 | $50,000 |
| Flood | 33 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Winter Storm | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 11 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Winter Weather | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 1 | $11,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, June 29, 1961
- Hail, July 27, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2004
- Hail, June 14, 2006
- Drought, May 1, 2004
- Hail, August 11, 2000
- Hail, July 2, 2003
- Tornado, July 20, 2001
- Tornado, June 28, 2005
- Tornado, August 13, 1993
- Tornado, July 1, 1997
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2005
- Hail, July 6, 1998
- Hail, May 20, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2001
- Blizzard, October 4, 2005
- Flood, March 10, 2014
- Tornado, June 27, 1975
- Tornado, August 16, 1987
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2001
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 3, 1969
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 20, 1999
- Hail, August 7, 1975
- Hail, June 15, 2025
- Hail, July 11, 2023
- Hail, June 10, 2021
- Hail, August 11, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2005
- Hail, July 8, 2000
- Hail, August 11, 2000
- Hail, June 9, 2016
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2026
- Hail, June 6, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 12, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- High Wind, February 17, 2026
- Dense Fog, February 3, 2026
- High Wind, January 20, 2026
- High Wind, January 17, 2026
- High Wind, January 15, 2026
- Blizzard, December 17, 2025
- High Wind, November 7, 2025
- High Wind, October 20, 2025
- Hail, August 21, 2025
- Flood, August 7, 2025
- Flood, July 31, 2025
- Hail, July 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2025
- Hail, June 15, 2025
- High Wind, June 8, 2025
- Drought, June 1, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Flood, February 26, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- High Wind, December 18, 2024
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2024
- Blizzard, December 8, 2024
- High Wind, December 8, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 8, 2024
- High Wind, October 4, 2024
- Hail, September 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2024
- Hail, August 21, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2024
- High Wind, June 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2024
- High Wind, April 22, 2024
- Dense Fog, February 10, 2024
- Dense Fog, February 5, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 4, 2024
- High Wind, December 4, 2023
- Dense Fog, November 2, 2023
- Heavy Snow, October 24, 2023
- High Wind, October 17, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2023
- Hail, July 30, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2023
- Hail, July 11, 2023
- Funnel Cloud, June 27, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2023
- Dense Fog, March 25, 2023
- Blizzard, March 10, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 17, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 14, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 10, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 1, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 19, 2022
- Blizzard, December 13, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2022
- High Wind, November 5, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- High Wind, October 11, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 20, 2022
- Flood, July 9, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2022
- Hail, July 3, 2022
- High Wind, June 15, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Blizzard, April 22, 2022
- Blizzard, April 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 4, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Dense Fog, March 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- High Wind, February 10, 2022
- High Wind, February 1, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- High Wind, January 31, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 26, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- High Wind, November 16, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, October 12, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Hail, July 22, 2021
- Hail, July 8, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2021
- High Wind, June 10, 2021
- Hail, June 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Drought, May 1, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- High Wind, February 21, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 30, 2021
- Drought, January 26, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- High Wind, January 3, 2021
- High Wind, December 19, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 10, 2020
- Wildfire, September 1, 2020
- Hail, July 31, 2020
- Hail, July 23, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2020
- Hail, June 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2020
- High Wind, June 6, 2020
- High Wind, May 18, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 2020
- High Wind, April 8, 2020
- High Wind, January 4, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 23, 2019
- Dense Fog, December 22, 2019
- High Wind, November 24, 2019
- Dense Fog, November 13, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2019
- Flood, September 17, 2019
- Hail, August 11, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2019
- Hail, July 14, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2019
- Tornado, June 27, 2019
- Flood, June 19, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2019
- Flood, March 21, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2019
- High Wind, January 27, 2019
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Excessive Heat, June 26, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2018
- Hail, June 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2018
- Tornado, May 23, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 29, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 8, 2018
- Flood, March 23, 2018
- Blizzard, March 4, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 9, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Drought, December 1, 2017
- High Wind, November 29, 2017
- Dense Fog, November 12, 2017
- Dense Fog, November 11, 2017
- Drought, November 1, 2017
- High Wind, October 22, 2017
- High Wind, October 20, 2017
- Drought, October 1, 2017
- Drought, September 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2017
- Drought, August 1, 2017
- Hail, July 19, 2017
- Hail, July 16, 2017
- Hail, July 10, 2017
- Drought, July 1, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Drought, June 13, 2017
- Blizzard, December 25, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 16, 2016
- Blizzard, December 5, 2016
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2016
- Hail, July 22, 2016
- Hail, July 14, 2016
- Hail, July 6, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2016
- Hail, June 24, 2016
- Hail, June 10, 2016
- Hail, June 9, 2016
- High Wind, February 18, 2016
- Dense Fog, February 16, 2016
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2016
- High Wind, February 6, 2016
- Dense Fog, December 12, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 12, 2015
- High Wind, November 18, 2015
- High Wind, October 11, 2015
- Hail, September 5, 2015
- High Wind, July 28, 2015
- Hail, July 27, 2015
- Hail, July 4, 2015
- Hail, July 4, 2015
- Tornado, June 30, 2015
- Hail, June 19, 2015
- High Wind, March 28, 2015
- Blizzard, January 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 9, 2014
- Tornado, July 24, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2014
- Tornado, June 17, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2014
- Hail, June 16, 2014
- Hail, May 28, 2014
- Flood, March 10, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2014
- High Wind, January 25, 2014
- High Wind, January 20, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 2, 2013
- Heavy Snow, November 20, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 17, 2013
- Hail, August 28, 2013
- Hail, August 3, 2013
- Hail, July 24, 2013
- Hail, July 20, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 13, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 7, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 17, 2013
- Blizzard, March 3, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2013
- Blizzard, November 8, 2012
- High Wind, October 16, 2012
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Dawson CountyEvery warning in Dawson 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.