Montana

Storm History: Granite County, Montana

576 episodes, 1,005 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Granite 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
1,005
Deaths
24
Injuries
32
Damage
$1.8 million
Episodes
576

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
Heavy Snow36421$184,000
Winter Storm292712$919,000
High Wind7201$470,000
Winter Weather6864$8,000
Blizzard4112
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3500
Hail3300$13,000
Flood1900$121,000
Ice Storm1400
Cold/Wind Chill1200
Thunderstorm Wind1100$1,000
Avalanche862$500
Strong Wind700$24,000
Flash Flood700$27,000
Frost/Freeze700
Tornado500
Wildfire300
Excessive Heat300
Debris Flow200$600
Dust Storm118
Freezing Fog112$50,000

The deadliest

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.

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Granite CountyEvery warning in Granite 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.