Montana

Storm History: Rosebud County, Montana

463 episodes, 832 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Rosebud 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
832
Deaths
5
Injuries
6
Damage
$827,000
Episodes
463

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
Hail38200$50,000
Tornado7900$17,000
High Wind7900
Winter Storm7400
Flash Flood6700$130,000
Thunderstorm Wind5500$5,000
Heavy Snow3520
Flood1900$225,000
Blizzard1800
Wildfire1400$400,000
Ice Storm300
Winter Weather233
Drought200
Cold/Wind Chill100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Lightning103

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 Rosebud County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Rosebud CountyEvery warning in Rosebud 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.