Montana

Storm History: Stillwater County, Montana

663 episodes, 984 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Stillwater 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
984
Deaths
16
Injuries
4
Damage
$3.9 million
Episodes
663

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
Winter Storm28710
High Wind19700$10,000
Hail14900$5,000
Heavy Snow13600
Flash Flood5000
Thunderstorm Wind4500$550,000
Tornado4000
Blizzard3000
Wildfire1820$555,000
Avalanche993
Flood800$2.8 million
Heavy Rain500
Winter Weather541
Drought300
Cold/Wind Chill100
Ice Storm100

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 Stillwater County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Stillwater CountyEvery warning in Stillwater 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.