NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Miles City, 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 Miles City, Montana since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 7 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 7
- 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 Miles City
The strongest of the 7 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on June 25, 1975; its path came within 10 miles. Of the 7, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and one has come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on July 8, 2013. Miles City has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 71% of the 73 Montana cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 96 times since 1958, with stones up to 2.5 inches (tennis ball size). Miles City has more hail reports within 10 miles than 94% of the 73 Montana cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Miles City
By decade
- 2010s1
- 1990s3
- 1980s2
- 1970s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1975 | F2 | 10 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 8, 2013 | EF1 | 7 mi | 0.57 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 26, 1995 | F0 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 24, 1993 | F0 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 24, 1991 | F0 | 20 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 11, 1989 | F0 | 4 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 15, 1984 | F0 | 11 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 7 of 7, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Miles City
The Storm Prediction Center has 96 hail reports within 10 miles of Miles City since 1958, made on 53 separate days. Of these, 66 were 1 inch across or larger, and 9 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.5 inches (tennis ball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently June 28, 2018. The most recent report is from June 20, 2025. June has the most reports, 41.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Miles City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Miles City F Wiley Field, MT, 7 miles northwest of Miles City at 2,624 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 60°F; January is the coolest, at 30°F and 9°F. May is the wettest at 2.7 inches of precipitation on average and December the driest at 0.2 inches; the year adds up to 12.9 inches over 32 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 41 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 166 nights a year. That 12.9 inches is more than at 15 of the 58 Montana stations used on this site (26%).
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30 | 9 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Feb | 35 | 13 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Mar | 47 | 23 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Apr | 58 | 33 | 1.5 | 4 |
| May | 68 | 43 | 2.7 | 6 |
| Jun | 79 | 53 | 2.5 | 6 |
| Jul | 89 | 60 | 1.5 | 4 |
| Aug | 87 | 58 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Sep | 76 | 47 | 1.1 | 3 |
| Oct | 59 | 34 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Nov | 44 | 21 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Dec | 33 | 12 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Year | 59 | 34 | 12.9 | 32 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Miles City F Wiley Field, MT (2,624 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 Miles City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 122 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Miles City: 107 thunderstorm wind reports, 8 flash floods, 5 floods and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 0 people and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $172,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 105 mph, on July 4, 2000. June has had the most flash floods, 5 of 8. Of the 42 Montana cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 38 have had fewer than Miles City.
July 13, 2024: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Miles City — 3 injured.
NWS: “Several injuries occurred due to trees falling on them and vehicles. At least one person was hospitalized.”
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 Miles City's ZIP code 59301 have filed 155 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $400,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 1979, with 65. Of the 26 Montana cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 22 have fewer than Miles City.
Custer County, which includes Miles City, has been named in 9 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 2000, 6 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 2 fires, 2 floods, 2 severe storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 31, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Custer County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind and lightning; Relatively Low for hail and inland flooding; Very Low for tornadoes and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $10.3 million a year, the 20th highest of 56 Montana counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.5 million (34%), 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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