Storm History: Valley County, Montana
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 536 | 0 | 1 | $3.2 million |
| Tornado | 243 | 0 | 0 | $4.2 million |
| Flash Flood | 202 | 0 | 0 | $33 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 171 | 0 | 0 | $66,000 |
| High Wind | 155 | 0 | 0 | $36,000 |
| Drought | 101 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 98 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Winter Storm | 55 | 0 | 0 | $90,000 |
| Dense Fog | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 49 | 0 | 3 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 36 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Winter Weather | 32 | 1 | 3 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 11 | 0 | 0 | $175,000 |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Freezing Fog | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2007
- Tornado, July 21, 1999
- Hail, August 6, 2010
- Flood, August 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2005
- Hail, May 16, 1994
- Tornado, August 16, 1993
- Tornado, May 17, 1994
- Hail, July 18, 1994
- Tornado, July 3, 2000
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2005
- Tornado, June 21, 1999
- Tornado, August 4, 1962
- Tornado, July 8, 2002
- Hail, August 11, 2000
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2001
- Hail, August 28, 1997
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2014
- Tornado, July 10, 2000
- Wildfire, July 15, 2006
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, August 7, 1975
- Tornado, June 18, 1958
- Hail, June 15, 2025
- Hail, June 18, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2000
- Hail, June 28, 1963
- Hail, June 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2013
- Hail, August 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2005
- Hail, July 8, 2000
- Hail, August 11, 2000
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2026
- Dust Storm, May 13, 2026
- Blizzard, April 23, 2026
- High Wind, April 22, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 2026
- High Wind, March 17, 2026
- High Wind, March 12, 2026
- High Wind, March 8, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 24, 2026
- Blizzard, February 17, 2026
- Dense Fog, February 2, 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 10, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 27, 2025
- Dense Fog, November 26, 2025
- Dense Fog, November 16, 2025
- Drought, November 4, 2025
- High Wind, November 2, 2025
- High Wind, October 20, 2025
- Hail, September 11, 2025
- Flood, August 7, 2025
- Hail, August 5, 2025
- Drought, August 1, 2025
- Hail, July 26, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2025
- Drought, July 1, 2025
- Hail, June 26, 2025
- Hail, June 15, 2025
- Drought, June 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2024
- High Wind, December 18, 2024
- High Wind, December 8, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 15, 2024
- High Wind, October 4, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 2024
- Hail, August 23, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2024
- Hail, July 13, 2024
- Tornado, July 12, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2024
- High Wind, June 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2024
- Tornado, May 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2024
- High Wind, May 6, 2024
- High Wind, April 22, 2024
- High Wind, April 10, 2024
- Heavy Snow, March 23, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2024
- Dense Fog, February 5, 2024
- Dense Fog, February 3, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 24, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 22, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 1, 2024
- Dense Fog, November 3, 2023
- Dense Fog, November 2, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Heavy Snow, October 24, 2023
- High Wind, October 17, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2023
- Drought, August 22, 2023
- Hail, August 1, 2023
- Hail, July 30, 2023
- Hail, July 29, 2023
- Tornado, June 9, 2023
- Flood, June 2, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2023
- Blizzard, April 19, 2023
- Heavy Snow, April 13, 2023
- Flood, April 10, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Dense Fog, March 25, 2023
- Dense Fog, March 23, 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
- Dense Fog, January 17, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 14, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 10, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 1, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Blizzard, December 25, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 19, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 8, 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
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2022
- Drought, September 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2022
- Tornado, July 18, 2022
- High Wind, July 18, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2022
- Flood, July 9, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2022
- Hail, July 6, 2022
- Hail, July 5, 2022
- Hail, July 3, 2022
- Hail, July 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2022
- Hail, June 18, 2022
- High Wind, June 15, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, April 16, 2022
- Blizzard, April 12, 2022
- High Wind, April 4, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 19, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- High Wind, January 31, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 26, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- High Wind, November 16, 2021
- High Wind, November 13, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Hail, August 27, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Hail, July 22, 2021
- Hail, July 8, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Hail, June 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2021
- Drought, June 1, 2021
- High Wind, May 24, 2021
- Drought, May 1, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Dense Fog, March 27, 2021
- Drought, March 9, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- High Wind, February 21, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 8, 2021
- High Wind, December 19, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 10, 2020
- Dense Fog, November 24, 2020
- High Wind, November 13, 2020
- Dense Fog, November 9, 2020
- Heavy Snow, November 7, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 30, 2020
- Heavy Snow, October 21, 2020
- Drought, October 1, 2020
- Wildfire, September 1, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2020
- Tornado, July 7, 2020
- Hail, July 6, 2020
- Hail, July 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2020
- Hail, June 6, 2020
- Tornado, May 20, 2020
- Flood, April 1, 2020
- Flood, March 31, 2020
- Flood, March 7, 2020
- Flood, March 1, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2020
- High Wind, January 4, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 23, 2019
- Ice Storm, November 29, 2019
- High Wind, November 24, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 19, 2019
- Dense Fog, November 13, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2019
- Flood, August 23, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2019
- Hail, July 14, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2019
- Hail, July 1, 2019
- Hail, June 28, 2019
- Tornado, June 27, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2019
- Blizzard, April 28, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 17, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Dense Fog, March 22, 2019
- Flood, March 21, 2019
- Dense Fog, March 19, 2019
- Dense Fog, March 16, 2019
- Dense Fog, March 15, 2019
- Dense Fog, March 10, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2019
- High Wind, January 27, 2019
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2018
- Drought, September 1, 2018
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2018
- Drought, August 7, 2018
- Hail, July 21, 2018
- Hail, July 10, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Hail, June 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2018
- Flood, May 1, 2018
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.