NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Baker, MT
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Baker, Montana since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 22 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 22
- EF3 or stronger
- 2
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Baker
The highest rating among the 22 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3 or EF3, reached 2 times; the most recent, on June 11, 2016, passed within a mile of the city centre. Of the 22, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 10 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 12. The most recent tornado was on July 10, 2016. Baker has more tornadoes within 25 miles than any other of the 73 Montana cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 60 times since 1962, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Baker has more hail reports within 10 miles than 79% of the 73 Montana cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Baker
By decade
- 2010s6(1 EF3+)
- 2000s4
- 1990s6
- 1980s1
- 1970s3
- 1960s1
- 1950s1(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2016 | EF3 | in town | 3 mi | 0 / 7 |
| Jul 19, 1952 | F3 | in town | 55.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 25, 2001 | F2 | 13 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 20, 1999 | F2 | 12 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 14, 1977 | F2 | 19 mi | 8.2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jul 18, 1962 | F2 | 3 mi | 40.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 25, 2001 | F1 | 8 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 22, 1979 | F1 | 1 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 14, 1977 | F1 | 9 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 10, 2016 | EF0 | 1 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 6, 2016 | EF0 | 19 mi | 0.25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 21, 2015 | EF0 | 12 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 22, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Baker
The Storm Prediction Center has 60 hail reports within 10 miles of Baker since 1962, made on 35 separate days. Of these, 42 were 1 inch across or larger, and 6 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently July 9, 2007. The most recent report is from July 20, 2025. July has the most reports, 27.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Baker
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Baker Municipal Airport, MT, in Baker at 2,971 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 56°F; January is the coolest, at 28°F and 7°F. June is the wettest at 2.8 inches of precipitation on average and January and December the driest at 0.2 inches; the year adds up to 14.6 inches over 35 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 29 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 187 nights a year. That 14.6 inches is more than at 28 of the 58 Montana stations used on this site (48%).
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28 | 7 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Feb | 31 | 10 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Mar | 43 | 20 | 0.5 | 2 |
| Apr | 55 | 30 | 1.4 | 3 |
| May | 65 | 40 | 2.7 | 6 |
| Jun | 76 | 50 | 2.8 | 7 |
| Jul | 85 | 56 | 2.0 | 4 |
| Aug | 85 | 54 | 1.5 | 3 |
| Sep | 73 | 44 | 1.5 | 4 |
| Oct | 57 | 31 | 1.1 | 3 |
| Nov | 42 | 20 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Dec | 31 | 10 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Year | 56 | 31 | 14.6 | 35 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Baker Municipal Airport, MT (2,971 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Baker
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 61 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Baker: 55 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 flash floods and 2 heavy rain events. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 99 mph, on June 1, 2005.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Fallon County, which includes Baker, has been named in 8 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 2000, 6 of them major disasters (by incident: 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 fire, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 31, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Fallon County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $4.3 million a year, the 40th highest of 56 Montana counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.1 million (25%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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