NOAA hail reports · updated hourly

Hail in Montana: today, this week and the last ten years

Every hail report NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged in Montana: today's and yesterday's as they come in, the last 90 days, and ten years of history. Each report is hail of 1 inch or larger — the size that damages roofs.

Today and yesterday

No hail reported in Montana today or yesterday (checked hourly; last update October 19, 2026).

The last 90 days

32 hail reports, 9 of them 2 inches or larger. The most recent was 1" on September 13, 2026 near 9 W Monarch, Cascade County.

DateHail sizeNOAA location
Sep 131"9 W Monarch, Cascade County
Sep 131"3 SSE Raynesford, Judith Basin County
Sep 131"4 N Monarch, Cascade County
Sep 63.25"14 SW Landusky, Phillips County
Sep 63"5 N Hilger, Fergus County
Sep 63"Hilger, Fergus County
Sep 62.75"1 SW Shepherd, Yellowstone County
Sep 62.5"6 N Moccasin, Judith Basin County
Sep 62"Danvers, Fergus County
Sep 62"3 S Hilger, Fergus County
Sep 62"Wagner, Phillips County
Sep 62"Shepherd, Yellowstone County
Sep 61.75"Avon, Powell County
Sep 61.75"2 E Windham, Judith Basin County
Sep 61.75"Wagner, Phillips County
Sep 61.5"Opportunity, Deer Lodge County
Sep 61.5"2 NW Benchland, Judith Basin County
Sep 61.5"6 E Lewistown, Fergus County
Sep 61.25"Benchland, Judith Basin County
Sep 61"Wisdom, Beaverhead County
Sep 61"Wolf Creek, Lewis and Clark County
Sep 61"8 E Lewistown, Fergus County
Sep 61"4 SSW Geyser, Judith Basin County
Sep 61"Moccasin, Judith Basin County
Sep 61"1 N Roy, Fergus County

The 25 most recent of 32.

1-inch-plus hail reports per year

2026 is the year so far.

Largest hail since 2016
  • 4"July 13, 2024
  • 4"July 12, 2024
  • 4"June 8, 2021
  • 4"August 9, 2016
  • 3.5"June 15, 2025 · 1 SSE Petrolia Lake

Montana's hailiest large cities, 2016–2025

Days with 1-inch-plus hail within 25 km, and each city's rank among 342 large US cities — the US cities with the most hail.

  • Billings26 days · #73

Did it hail at your house?

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Questions

Did it hail in Montana today?

No hail had been reported in Montana by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center today or yesterday when this page was last refreshed (hourly).

How often does it hail in Montana?

NOAA logged between 52 and 257 reports of 1-inch-or-larger hail a year in Montana from 2016 to 2025.

Did hail hit my house?

A report is a point where someone measured hail, not the storm's whole path. Check NOAA reports within 10 km of your own address with the free hail check, and have a licensed roofer inspect before anyone files a claim.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe-weather reports — its daily files for today and yesterday, read hourly, and its archive from 2016. A report is where a spotter or member of the public measured hail, so a storm can be bigger than its reports. Other states: hail by state.