NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Havre, 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 Havre, Montana since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 4 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 4
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Havre
The strongest of the 4 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F1 on July 1, 1962; its path came within 6 miles. The most recent tornado was on June 10, 2023. Of the 73 Montana cities on this site, 42% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Havre. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 39 times since 1962, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Havre has more hail reports within 10 miles than 65% of the 73 Montana cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Havre
By decade
- 2020s1
- 1990s2
- 1960s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 1962 | F1 | 6 mi | 3.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 26, 1994 | F0 | 25 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 16, 1993 | F0 | 9 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 10, 2023 | Unrated | 22 mi | 2.11 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 4 of 4, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Havre
The Storm Prediction Center has 39 hail reports within 10 miles of Havre since 1962, made on 29 separate days. Of these, 29 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently July 13, 2024. The most recent report is from August 20, 2025. July has the most reports, 19.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Havre
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Havre City Co Airport, MT, 3 miles south of Havre at 2,585 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 54°F; January is the coolest, at 28°F and 7°F. Highs reach 90°F on about 27 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 186 nights a year. Snowfall averages 41.0 inches a year, most of it in January. That 11.9 inches is more than at 6 of the 58 Montana stations used on this site (10%). Box Elder, 20 miles southwest, has its own station (Big Sandy, MT): 13.4 inches a year, 1.5 more than here, and the same July average high, 86°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28 | 7 | 0.4 | 2 | 9.0 |
| Feb | 33 | 10 | 0.4 | 1 | 6.9 |
| Mar | 44 | 20 | 0.5 | 2 | 5.2 |
| Apr | 57 | 31 | 1.0 | 3 | 2.7 |
| May | 68 | 40 | 1.9 | 5 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 76 | 49 | 2.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 86 | 54 | 1.5 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 85 | 52 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 73 | 43 | 1.1 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 58 | 31 | 0.8 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Nov | 42 | 20 | 0.5 | 2 | 6.2 |
| Dec | 32 | 11 | 0.4 | 2 | 8.2 |
| Year | 57 | 31 | 11.9 | 33 | 41.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Havre City Co Airport, MT (2,585 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 Havre
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 79 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Havre: 74 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 heavy rain events and 2 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $14,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on July 14, 2019.
September 1, 2004: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Havre — 1 injured, $10,000 damage.
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
Flood insurance policyholders in Havre's ZIP code 59501 have filed 16 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $55,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. Of the 26 Montana cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 5 have fewer than Havre.
Hill County, which includes Havre, has been named in 13 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1986, 11 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 severe storms, 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 fire). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm and Flooding, on July 18, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Hill County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for lightning; Relatively Low for inland flooding; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $13.2 million a year, the 17th highest of 56 Montana counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.4 million (33%), 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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