Storm History: Missoula County, Montana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Missoula 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
- 1,530
- Deaths
- 42
- Injuries
- 105
- Damage
- $16 million
- Episodes
- 747
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow | 442 | 2 | 6 | $1.3 million |
| Winter Storm | 399 | 18 | 22 | $496,000 |
| Hail | 156 | 0 | 1 | $1.7 million |
| High Wind | 96 | 0 | 1 | $1.4 million |
| Winter Weather | 93 | 7 | 17 | $62,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 66 | 1 | 2 | $5.8 million |
| Blizzard | 52 | 2 | 4 | $399,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 35 | 0 | 1 | $2,000 |
| Flood | 33 | 0 | 0 | $3.3 million |
| Ice Storm | 33 | 2 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 14 | 0 | 3 | $588,000 |
| Strong Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Flash Flood | 11 | 0 | 0 | $27,000 |
| Tornado | 10 | 0 | 0 | $30 |
| Avalanche | 8 | 5 | 34 | |
| Excessive Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 6 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Debris Flow | 4 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 2 | 0 | 0 | $40,000 |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 2 | 5 | $70,000 |
| Lightning | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
The deadliest
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2026
- Dense Fog, December 15, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 19, 2018
- Ice Storm, November 19, 1997
- Avalanche, January 1, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2025
- Blizzard, February 27, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 1998
- Winter Storm, November 4, 2022
- Heavy Snow, September 13, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 1996
- Winter Storm, November 18, 1996
- Winter Storm, December 20, 1996
- Lightning, July 8, 1998
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 1999
- Dust Storm, September 9, 2000
- Blizzard, February 15, 2001
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2024
- Hail, June 23, 2012
- Flood, March 11, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2015
- Strong Wind, December 23, 2021
- Heavy Snow, June 3, 2001
- Flood, February 7, 1996
- Flood, May 1, 1997
- High Wind, December 17, 2025
- Flood, May 5, 2018
- Blizzard, February 27, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2012
- Wildfire, July 30, 2023
- High Wind, May 13, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 1998
- Wildfire, August 16, 2003
- High Wind, November 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, November 17, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 25, 2014
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
- Strong Wind, June 12, 2026
- Frost/Freeze, June 7, 2026
- Hail, May 28, 2026
- Winter Weather, May 14, 2026
- Frost/Freeze, April 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, April 22, 2026
- Strong Wind, April 7, 2026
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2026
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2026
- Strong Wind, March 7, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2025
- High Wind, December 17, 2025
- Flood, December 10, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 27, 2025
- Winter Storm, October 12, 2025
- Frost/Freeze, September 23, 2025
- Heavy Rain, August 4, 2025
- Hail, July 31, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2025
- Winter Storm, April 16, 2025
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2025
- Avalanche, February 21, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2025
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2025
- Ice Storm, January 31, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2025
- High Wind, December 17, 2024
- Ice Storm, December 7, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 16, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 4, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 2, 2024
- High Wind, October 4, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, September 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2024
- Hail, August 19, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2024
- Strong Wind, August 15, 2024
- Hail, August 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2024
- Heat, July 9, 2024
- Heavy Snow, June 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2024
- Heavy Snow, May 22, 2024
- High Wind, May 17, 2024
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2024
- Strong Wind, February 29, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2024
- Freezing Fog, December 21, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 15, 2023
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, November 22, 2023
- Winter Weather, November 2, 2023
- Winter Storm, October 24, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2023
- Wildfire, July 30, 2023
- Flood, May 3, 2023
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 21, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 17, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 4, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 30, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 25, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 9, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, November 4, 2022
- Heavy Snow, October 21, 2022
- Strong Wind, September 7, 2022
- Heat, July 29, 2022
- Hail, July 9, 2022
- Hail, July 8, 2022
- Hail, July 7, 2022
- Hail, June 18, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 11, 2022
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2022
- High Wind, April 4, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 7, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 21, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2021
- Strong Wind, December 23, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2021
- Winter Weather, November 16, 2021
- High Wind, November 15, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2021
- Hail, July 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2021
- Heat, June 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2021
- Flood, June 3, 2021
- Flood, May 27, 2021
- Winter Weather, May 19, 2021
- Heavy Snow, April 18, 2021
- High Wind, March 28, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2021
- Ice Storm, December 9, 2020
- Winter Weather, November 19, 2020
- Winter Storm, November 10, 2020
- Winter Storm, October 23, 2020
- High Wind, October 13, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, September 8, 2020
- High Wind, September 7, 2020
- High Wind, June 13, 2020
- Flood, May 19, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2020
- High Wind, March 13, 2020
- High Wind, March 4, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2020
- High Wind, February 1, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2020
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2020
- Avalanche, January 1, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 14, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 12, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 10, 2019
- Winter Storm, October 28, 2019
- Winter Storm, October 8, 2019
- Winter Storm, September 27, 2019
- Hail, August 10, 2019
- Hail, July 13, 2019
- Flood, May 14, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 3, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2019
- Blizzard, February 24, 2019
- Avalanche, February 11, 2019
- Blizzard, February 2, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2019
- Ice Storm, January 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 19, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 23, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, November 20, 2018
- Heavy Snow, October 2, 2018
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2018
- Flood, June 18, 2018
- Flood, June 1, 2018
- Hail, May 31, 2018
- Flood, May 23, 2018
- Flood, May 17, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 2018
- Flood, May 5, 2018
- Flood, May 1, 2018
- Flood, April 28, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2017
- High Wind, October 17, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, September 24, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, September 23, 2017
- Heavy Snow, September 14, 2017
- Heavy Snow, September 13, 2017
- Hail, August 24, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2017
- Heavy Snow, May 17, 2017
- High Wind, April 7, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 8, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2017
- Heavy Rain, February 9, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2017
- Blizzard, February 5, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 27, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 14, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, October 12, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, September 13, 2016
- Dust Devil, August 24, 2016
- Hail, August 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2016
- Hail, July 17, 2016
- Strong Wind, June 24, 2016
- Winter Weather, May 9, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 13, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 21, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 12, 2015
- High Wind, December 9, 2015
- Ice Storm, December 3, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 24, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 17, 2015
- Wildfire, August 28, 2015
- Hail, August 14, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2015
- Heavy Rain, February 7, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 27, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 23, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2014
- Heavy Snow, November 25, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, November 10, 2014
- Winter Storm, November 9, 2014
- Heavy Snow, November 1, 2014
- Strong Wind, October 15, 2014
- Winter Weather, September 9, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2014
- Flood, May 24, 2014
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Missoula CountyEvery warning in Missoula 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.