Montana

Storm History: Wheatland County, Montana

346 episodes, 539 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wheatland 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
539
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$5,000
Episodes
346

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
High Wind19500
Winter Storm14300
Hail10500$5,000
Tornado2100
Thunderstorm Wind1700
Flash Flood1500
Blizzard1500
Heavy Snow1400
Flood500
Drought400
Funnel Cloud100
Heavy Rain100
Wildfire100
Winter Weather100
Avalanche100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Wheatland County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Wheatland CountyEvery warning in Wheatland 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.