Storm History: Phillips County, Montana
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Phillips 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
- 1,330
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $2.0 million
- Episodes
- 684
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 | 270 | 0 | 0 | $119,000 |
| High Wind | 250 | 0 | 0 | $57,000 |
| Drought | 129 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 108 | 0 | 0 | $960,000 |
| Flash Flood | 94 | 0 | 0 | $312,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 87 | 0 | 0 | $285,000 |
| Winter Storm | 67 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 60 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 57 | 0 | 0 | $260,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 45 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Dense Fog | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 24 | 0 | 5 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 14 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, June 29, 2011
- Tornado, June 30, 1979
- Tornado, May 25, 1980
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2004
- Blizzard, May 9, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2005
- Blizzard, April 9, 2005
- Hail, July 4, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2007
- Tornado, July 4, 1991
- High Wind, April 9, 2005
- Tornado, July 21, 1999
- Tornado, June 30, 1991
- Tornado, July 3, 2000
- Hail, June 22, 2005
- Tornado, August 10, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 1996
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
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2021
- Hail, June 15, 2025
- Hail, June 18, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2000
- Hail, June 9, 2021
- Hail, August 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2005
- Hail, July 8, 2000
- Hail, August 11, 2000
- Hail, July 6, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2011
- Hail, August 11, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2005
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2026
- Dust Storm, May 13, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- High Wind, April 22, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 2026
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 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
- High Wind, February 26, 2026
- Drought, February 24, 2026
- High Wind, February 17, 2026
- Drought, February 17, 2026
- High Wind, January 20, 2026
- High Wind, January 17, 2026
- High Wind, January 15, 2026
- Freezing Fog, January 1, 2026
- Blizzard, December 17, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 10, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, November 30, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 27, 2025
- Dense Fog, November 26, 2025
- Dense Fog, November 16, 2025
- High Wind, November 10, 2025
- Drought, November 4, 2025
- Drought, August 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2025
- Hail, July 17, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2025
- Drought, July 1, 2025
- Hail, June 15, 2025
- Hail, June 13, 2025
- Drought, June 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- High Wind, March 10, 2025
- High Wind, February 27, 2025
- High Wind, February 23, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2025
- High Wind, January 16, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 3, 2025
- High Wind, December 18, 2024
- Blizzard, December 8, 2024
- High Wind, December 8, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 5, 2024
- High Wind, October 4, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2024
- Hail, July 13, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2024
- Tornado, May 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2024
- High Wind, May 6, 2024
- High Wind, April 22, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 20, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2024
- Dense Fog, February 3, 2024
- Ice Storm, January 21, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 4, 2024
- High Wind, November 12, 2023
- Dense Fog, November 3, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Heavy Snow, October 24, 2023
- High Wind, October 17, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Dense Fog, September 23, 2023
- Hail, September 8, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Drought, August 22, 2023
- Hail, June 6, 2023
- Blizzard, April 19, 2023
- Flood, April 10, 2023
- High Wind, April 2, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Dense Fog, March 25, 2023
- Dense Fog, March 22, 2023
- Dense Fog, March 17, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 15, 2023
- Blizzard, March 10, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Blizzard, February 20, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2023
- High Wind, January 26, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 17, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 14, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 10, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 1, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 19, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Dense Fog, November 10, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2022
- High Wind, November 5, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, October 23, 2022
- High Wind, October 11, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 13, 2022
- Drought, September 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2022
- Tornado, July 18, 2022
- High Wind, July 18, 2022
- Flood, July 9, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2022
- Hail, July 6, 2022
- Hail, July 5, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2022
- High Wind, June 15, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Blizzard, April 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 4, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- High Wind, March 12, 2022
- Dense Fog, March 3, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 19, 2022
- High Wind, February 10, 2022
- High Wind, February 7, 2022
- High Wind, February 4, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- High Wind, January 31, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2022
- High Wind, January 2, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 26, 2021
- High Wind, December 1, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- High Wind, November 30, 2021
- High Wind, November 16, 2021
- High Wind, November 13, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Hail, July 8, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Drought, June 22, 2021
- High Wind, June 16, 2021
- Hail, June 9, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2021
- Hail, June 4, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- Drought, May 1, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Drought, March 9, 2021
- High Wind, February 21, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 30, 2021
- High Wind, January 19, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 8, 2021
- High Wind, January 3, 2021
- High Wind, December 22, 2020
- High Wind, December 19, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 10, 2020
- High Wind, November 13, 2020
- Heavy Snow, November 7, 2020
- Heavy Snow, October 23, 2020
- Heavy Snow, October 21, 2020
- Wildfire, September 1, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2020
- Hail, July 31, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2020
- Tornado, July 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2020
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2020
- High Wind, March 4, 2020
- High Wind, February 14, 2020
- High Wind, February 1, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2020
- High Wind, January 4, 2020
- High Wind, January 3, 2020
- High Wind, January 2, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2019
- High Wind, December 2, 2019
- Ice Storm, November 29, 2019
- High Wind, November 24, 2019
- Dense Fog, November 13, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2019
- High Wind, October 25, 2019
- High Wind, October 22, 2019
- Heavy Snow, October 8, 2019
- Heavy Snow, September 28, 2019
- Hail, July 23, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2019
- Hail, July 1, 2019
- Hail, June 28, 2019
- Tornado, June 27, 2019
- Flood, June 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2019
- Blizzard, April 28, 2019
- Dense Fog, April 17, 2019
- Dense Fog, March 25, 2019
- Dense Fog, March 23, 2019
- Dense Fog, March 19, 2019
- Dense Fog, March 18, 2019
- Dense Fog, March 10, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 26, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2019
- High Wind, January 27, 2019
- High Wind, January 4, 2019
- High Wind, December 29, 2018
- High Wind, December 18, 2018
- High Wind, December 15, 2018
- High Wind, December 12, 2018
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2018
- Drought, September 1, 2018
- High Wind, August 24, 2018
- Drought, August 7, 2018
- Hail, July 10, 2018
- Funnel Cloud, June 29, 2018
- Flood, May 1, 2018
- Flood, April 16, 2018
- Flood, April 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 1, 2018
- Blizzard, March 4, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 9, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2018
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Phillips CountyEvery warning in Phillips 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.