Montana

Storm History: Petroleum County, Montana

285 episodes, 389 events since 1962

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.

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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
Hail11111$500,000
High Wind3900$35,000
Tornado3600$8,000
Drought3600
Thunderstorm Wind2800$20,000
Winter Storm2500
Flash Flood2200
Flood2000$515,000
Blizzard1900$50,000
Heavy Snow1300
Wildfire1100$200
Dust Storm800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Winter Weather500
Cold/Wind Chill400
Ice Storm200
Heat200
Funnel Cloud100
Heavy Rain100

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.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Petroleum County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.