Montana

Storm History: Lincoln County, Montana

361 episodes, 417 events since 1964

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lincoln 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
417
Deaths
6
Injuries
11
Damage
$35 million
Episodes
361

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 Snow11111$78,000
Winter Storm10930$275,000
Hail3202$60,000
High Wind3202$1.6 million
Winter Weather2421
Thunderstorm Wind2005$1.5 million
Flood1700$32 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1500
Blizzard1100$10,000
Frost/Freeze1100
Ice Storm700
Avalanche500$5,000
Heavy Rain500$20,000
Strong Wind400$9,000
Cold/Wind Chill200
Funnel Cloud200
Tornado200$35,000
Excessive Heat200
Heat200
Wildfire100
Debris Flow100
Dust Devil100$2,000
Flash Flood100

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 Lincoln CountyEvery warning in Lincoln 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.