333
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$21K
Property damage
Hail in Rosebud County, Montana: 333 recorded events between 1958 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 6. That places the county #248 nationally and #4 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Rosebud County, Montana: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Rosebud County is the 2000s, when 143 of the county's 333 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Rosebud County archive, hail makes up 55.5% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #248 for this hazard and #4 within Montana, putting it in the 92.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for hail in Rosebud County with 151 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2025 | LAME DEER | 1 | $0 |
| Aug 22, 2024 | COLSTRIP | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | ANGELA | 1.5 | $0 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | COLSTRIP | 1 | $0 |
| Jul 11, 2023 | INGOMAR | 1.75 | $0 |
| Jun 20, 2023 | HATHAWAY | 1.5 | $0 |
| May 24, 2023 | HATHAWAY | 1 | $0 |
| May 24, 2023 | LAME DEER | 2.75 | $0 |
| Jul 10, 2022 | ANGELA | 2 | $0 |
| Jul 5, 2022 | COLSTRIP | 1.25 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Rosebud County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Hail size ranged from pea size on the south end of town to ping pong ball size on the north end. Highway 39 had hail outside the ruts about 6-10 inches deep. Reports indicate not many broken windows but holes in siding were more prevalent.
Baseball size hail covered the ground on the north side of town. Multiple windows broken and some structural damage. A large thunderstorm moved over the town of Ashland, Montana at about 1 a.m. on the morning of June 30th. The storm reached a height more than 13 miles high or about 70 thousand feet. In addition to the baseball size hail…the storm produced winds up to 80 miles per hour. As a result…there were many smashed windows and windshields…as well as…trees stripped of branches, bark, and leaves. In addition…many birds were also knocked out of trees and killed. The St. Labre School in Ashland was damaged with many windows smashed.
A spotter 5E Vananda in northwestern Rosebud County reported dime sized hail accumulating between 15 and 20 inches from a slow moving thunderstorm. The storm also produced flash flooding in parts of northwestern Rosebud County.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Rosebud County, Montana?
333 hail events are recorded in Rosebud County between 1958 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Rosebud County?
The strongest hail on record in Rosebud County measured 6.
Where does the hail data for Rosebud County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Hail in Rosebud County, Montana.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/montana/rosebud-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.