Storm History: Petroleum County, Montana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Petroleum 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
- 389
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $1.1 million
- Episodes
- 285
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 | 111 | 1 | 1 | $500,000 |
| High Wind | 39 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Tornado | 36 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Drought | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 28 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Winter Storm | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 20 | 0 | 0 | $515,000 |
| Blizzard | 19 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 11 | 0 | 0 | $200 |
| Dust Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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.
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2004
- Hail, June 15, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2000
- Hail, June 28, 1963
- Hail, June 10, 2021
- Hail, August 11, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2005
- Hail, July 8, 2000
- Hail, June 9, 2016
- Hail, July 4, 2000
- Hail, July 5, 2000
- Hail, June 10, 2016
- Hail, August 3, 2013
- Hail, June 19, 2005
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 26, 2026
- Dust Storm, May 13, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 2026
- High Wind, March 17, 2026
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- High Wind, March 8, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 24, 2026
- High Wind, February 17, 2026
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2025
- Hail, August 5, 2025
- Hail, July 17, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2025
- Hail, June 26, 2025
- Hail, June 15, 2025
- Hail, June 13, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2025
- High Wind, April 13, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 3, 2025
- High Wind, December 18, 2024
- High Wind, October 4, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2024
- High Wind, May 6, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2024
- Hail, July 29, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 19, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 13, 2022
- Hail, July 14, 2022
- Flood, July 4, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2022
- High Wind, June 15, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Blizzard, April 12, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- High Wind, February 10, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Flood, August 26, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Hail, June 10, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Drought, May 1, 2021
- Drought, April 20, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- High Wind, December 19, 2020
- Heavy Snow, October 23, 2020
- Tornado, July 7, 2020
- Hail, May 20, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2020
- Ice Storm, November 29, 2019
- Heavy Snow, October 8, 2019
- Hail, August 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2019
- Hail, June 14, 2019
- Flood, May 27, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Hail, June 4, 2018
- Flood, June 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2018
- Flood, March 12, 2018
- Blizzard, March 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2017
- Drought, November 1, 2017
- Drought, October 1, 2017
- Drought, September 1, 2017
- Drought, August 1, 2017
- Hail, August 1, 2017
- Wildfire, July 19, 2017
- Hail, July 10, 2017
- Drought, July 1, 2017
- Drought, June 13, 2017
- Hail, April 23, 2017
- Flood, October 4, 2016
- Hail, July 9, 2016
- Hail, June 24, 2016
- Hail, June 10, 2016
- Hail, June 9, 2016
- Blizzard, May 9, 2016
- High Wind, April 5, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2015
- Blizzard, January 8, 2015
- Flood, August 23, 2014
- High Wind, January 11, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2014
- Hail, August 3, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2013
- Hail, June 19, 2013
- Flood, June 3, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 7, 2013
- Blizzard, January 10, 2013
- Blizzard, November 8, 2012
- High Wind, October 16, 2012
- Hail, July 21, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 25, 2012
- Blizzard, April 6, 2012
- High Wind, February 21, 2012
- High Wind, January 25, 2012
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 2012
- High Wind, December 28, 2011
- Winter Weather, November 18, 2011
- Winter Storm, November 5, 2011
- Hail, July 26, 2011
- Hail, July 16, 2011
- Hail, July 15, 2011
- Hail, July 7, 2011
- Hail, June 12, 2011
- Hail, June 6, 2011
- Flood, June 1, 2011
- Flood, May 23, 2011
- Flood, May 20, 2011
- Flood, May 20, 2011
- Flood, May 10, 2011
- Winter Storm, April 21, 2011
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2011
- Flash Flood, February 13, 2011
- High Wind, February 13, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2011
- Blizzard, December 29, 2010
- Hail, August 9, 2010
- High Wind, June 17, 2010
- Hail, June 15, 2010
- High Wind, May 4, 2010
- Hail, April 13, 2010
- Blizzard, January 23, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2010
- Blizzard, January 5, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2009
- Hail, July 6, 2009
- Blizzard, March 29, 2009
- Blizzard, January 2, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 13, 2008
- Blizzard, December 12, 2008
- Heavy Snow, October 11, 2008
- Hail, July 26, 2008
- Wildfire, July 10, 2008
- Wildfire, July 4, 2008
- Hail, June 25, 2008
- Hail, June 17, 2008
- Hail, June 2, 2008
- Flood, May 23, 2008
- Heavy Rain, May 21, 2008
- High Wind, March 24, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2008
- Hail, September 7, 2007
- Tornado, August 10, 2007
- Heat, July 13, 2007
- Hail, July 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2007
- Hail, May 12, 2007
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 27, 2007
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2007
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2006
- High Wind, December 13, 2006
- High Wind, November 13, 2006
- Drought, September 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2006
- Drought, August 6, 2006
- Wildfire, July 15, 2006
- Winter Weather, March 18, 2006
- Winter Storm, October 4, 2005
- Hail, July 13, 2005
- Hail, July 1, 2005
- Tornado, June 28, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2005
- Hail, June 19, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2005
- Hail, June 16, 2005
- Hail, June 5, 2005
- High Wind, April 9, 2005
- Drought, February 1, 2005
- Blizzard, January 12, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2004
- High Wind, December 20, 2004
- High Wind, December 11, 2004
- Funnel Cloud, August 23, 2004
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2004
- Blizzard, February 10, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2004
- Blizzard, December 26, 2003
- High Wind, October 29, 2003
- Heat, August 11, 2003
- Hail, August 7, 2003
- Hail, July 16, 2003
- Wildfire, July 14, 2003
- Wildfire, July 1, 2003
- Hail, June 19, 2003
- Hail, June 19, 2003
- Hail, June 19, 2003
- Hail, May 26, 2003
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2002
- Hail, July 16, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2002
- Tornado, July 8, 2002
- Hail, July 4, 2002
- Hail, June 29, 2002
- Tornado, June 22, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2002
- Winter Storm, May 7, 2002
- Heavy Snow, March 19, 2002
- High Wind, February 11, 2002
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2001
- Hail, June 29, 2001
- Ice Storm, December 27, 2000
- Blizzard, December 15, 2000
- Hail, August 1, 2000
- Hail, July 19, 2000
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2000
- Hail, July 8, 2000
- Hail, July 5, 2000
- Hail, July 4, 2000
- Tornado, July 3, 2000
- Tornado, July 2, 2000
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Petroleum CountyEvery warning in Petroleum 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.