Storm History: Garfield County, Montana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Garfield 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
- 885
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $10 million
- Episodes
- 519
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 | 306 | 0 | 1 | $368,000 |
| Flash Flood | 105 | 0 | 0 | $4.7 million |
| Tornado | 97 | 0 | 0 | $329,000 |
| High Wind | 96 | 0 | 0 | $499,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 83 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Drought | 42 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 20 | 0 | 0 | $3.9 million |
| Heavy Snow | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 18 | 0 | 0 | $240,000 |
| Flood | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2009
- Wildfire, July 16, 2003
- High Wind, April 9, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2001
- Hail, July 8, 2000
- Blizzard, May 9, 2016
- Tornado, June 22, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2013
- Hail, July 4, 2000
- Tornado, August 16, 1993
- Tornado, May 26, 2010
- Tornado, July 1, 1997
- Tornado, July 20, 2001
- Hail, July 4, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 6, 1997
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2001
- Hail, May 3, 2007
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Hail, August 15, 1993
- Hail, May 16, 1994
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 18, 1999
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2021
- Hail, June 15, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2000
- Hail, June 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2013
- Hail, August 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2005
- Hail, July 8, 2000
- Hail, August 11, 2000
- Hail, July 26, 2025
- Hail, July 6, 2022
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2026
- Dust Storm, May 13, 2026
- High Wind, April 22, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 2026
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- High Wind, March 8, 2026
- High Wind, January 20, 2026
- High Wind, January 15, 2026
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, November 30, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 27, 2025
- High Wind, November 7, 2025
- Flood, August 7, 2025
- Drought, August 1, 2025
- Flood, July 31, 2025
- Hail, July 26, 2025
- Hail, July 20, 2025
- Hail, July 17, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2025
- Hail, June 26, 2025
- Hail, June 15, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 3, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- High Wind, December 18, 2024
- High Wind, December 8, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- Drought, October 15, 2024
- High Wind, October 4, 2024
- Hail, August 24, 2024
- Hail, July 13, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2024
- High Wind, June 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2024
- High Wind, May 26, 2024
- Hail, May 17, 2024
- High Wind, May 6, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 23, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2024
- High Wind, October 17, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2023
- Drought, August 22, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2023
- Flood, June 9, 2023
- Flood, June 2, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2023
- Hail, May 24, 2023
- High Wind, April 2, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 19, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2022
- High Wind, November 5, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 13, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2022
- Flood, July 9, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2022
- Hail, July 6, 2022
- Hail, July 5, 2022
- Hail, July 3, 2022
- Hail, June 18, 2022
- High Wind, June 15, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Blizzard, April 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 4, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Dense Fog, March 3, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- High Wind, February 10, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- High Wind, January 31, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- High Wind, November 16, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Flood, August 26, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Hail, July 6, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Hail, June 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- High Wind, May 24, 2021
- Drought, May 1, 2021
- Drought, April 20, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- High Wind, February 21, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 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
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2020
- Tornado, July 7, 2020
- Hail, July 4, 2020
- Tornado, May 20, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2020
- High Wind, March 4, 2020
- High Wind, February 1, 2020
- High Wind, January 4, 2020
- High Wind, November 24, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2019
- Heavy Snow, October 8, 2019
- Flood, August 23, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2019
- Hail, July 11, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2019
- Heavy Rain, July 5, 2019
- Hail, May 13, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 17, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2019
- High Wind, December 15, 2018
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Hail, June 4, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2018
- Tornado, May 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 8, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2018
- Blizzard, March 4, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 9, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 2, 2018
- Drought, February 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Drought, January 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2017
- Drought, November 1, 2017
- High Wind, October 22, 2017
- Drought, October 1, 2017
- Drought, September 1, 2017
- Drought, August 1, 2017
- Wildfire, July 19, 2017
- Wildfire, July 10, 2017
- Hail, July 10, 2017
- Drought, July 1, 2017
- Drought, June 13, 2017
- High Wind, December 19, 2016
- Hail, July 27, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2016
- Hail, July 9, 2016
- Hail, July 6, 2016
- Hail, June 24, 2016
- Hail, June 15, 2016
- Hail, June 11, 2016
- Hail, June 10, 2016
- Hail, June 9, 2016
- Hail, May 21, 2016
- Blizzard, May 9, 2016
- High Wind, April 5, 2016
- High Wind, February 18, 2016
- High Wind, February 6, 2016
- High Wind, November 18, 2015
- High Wind, October 11, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2015
- Hail, July 27, 2015
- Hail, July 4, 2015
- Hail, July 1, 2015
- Hail, June 19, 2015
- High Wind, March 28, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 9, 2014
- Flood, August 23, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2014
- Hail, August 3, 2014
- Tornado, July 24, 2014
- Hail, July 22, 2014
- Tornado, June 17, 2014
- Hail, June 13, 2014
- Hail, June 3, 2014
- Hail, May 31, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2014
- High Wind, January 25, 2014
- High Wind, January 11, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2014
- High Wind, January 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 2, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2013
- Hail, August 28, 2013
- Hail, August 5, 2013
- Hail, August 3, 2013
- Hail, July 24, 2013
- Hail, July 22, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2013
- Hail, June 19, 2013
- Hail, June 13, 2013
- Hail, May 26, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 13, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 7, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 17, 2013
- Blizzard, January 10, 2013
- Blizzard, November 8, 2012
- High Wind, October 16, 2012
- Hail, August 13, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 8, 2012
- High Wind, May 6, 2012
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2012
- High Wind, January 25, 2012
- High Wind, December 28, 2011
- High Wind, December 25, 2011
- Winter Weather, November 18, 2011
- Winter Storm, November 5, 2011
- Hail, August 11, 2011
- Hail, July 25, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2011
- Hail, July 8, 2011
- Hail, July 5, 2011
- Hail, June 23, 2011
- Flood, June 1, 2011
- Flood, May 23, 2011
- Flood, May 20, 2011
- Flood, May 18, 2011
- Flood, May 10, 2011
- Flood, May 10, 2011
- Blizzard, April 29, 2011
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Garfield CountyEvery warning in Garfield 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.