Montana

Storm History: Valley County, Montana

835 episodes, 1,841 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Valley 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
1,841
Deaths
1
Injuries
9
Damage
$42 million
Episodes
835

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
Hail53601$3.2 million
Tornado24300$4.2 million
Flash Flood20200$33 million
Thunderstorm Wind17100$66,000
High Wind15500$36,000
Drought10100
Flood9800$1.1 million
Winter Storm5500$90,000
Dense Fog5000
Blizzard4903
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill4800
Heavy Snow3600$5,000
Winter Weather3213
Cold/Wind Chill3000
Wildfire1100$175,000
Ice Storm701
Heat400
Strong Wind300$6,000
Freezing Fog300
Funnel Cloud200
Dust Storm200
Heavy Rain100
Lightning101
Excessive Heat100

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 Valley County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Valley CountyEvery warning in Valley 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.