Daniels County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Daniels County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Aug 11, 2000Hail$150,000
2. Mar 17, 1999Flood, Daniels$85,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Poplar River in Daniels and Roosevelt Counties rose above the estimated flood stage of 12 feet reaching a crest of over 14 feet. While the river was out of its banks, it did not threaten homes or other property.

3. Jan 19, 2010Freezing Fog, Daniels$40,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   State DES reported there was extensive electrical pole damage across the area due to rime ice accumulation. Dollar amounts were from NorVal and Sheridan Electric.

4. Mar 15, 1999Flood$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Rapidly melting snow pack caused area creeks and streams to overflow their banks. Some road damage including a few road washouts and closures were a result. A small ranch dam broke in eastern Valley County as a result of the high water flow and a few cows were temporarily stranded.

5. Apr 5, 2000High Wind, Daniels$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An area of low pressure moving through southern Canada in combination with strong high pressure over the pacific coast caused damaging northwest winds to develop over the area. Sustained wind speeds in the 50 to 60 mile an hour range were common with gusts to 70 miles an hour. Mostly minor damage was caused throughout northeast Montana, however, several grain bins were blown down in Peerless and Redstone. Also, buildings suffered roof damage in Richland and Dawson counties. One person sustained minor injuries when an empty semi-truck was blown over on I-94 near Glendive.

6. Jul 13, 2005Thunderstorm Wind$29,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A 15,000 bushel steel grain bin at the Four Buttes Farmer's Elevator was completely destroyed.

7. Aug 29, 1997Thunderstorm Wind$25,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderrstorm winds nicking southeast Daniels County did damage to a farm, destorying a barn, two grain bins and a corral.

8. Aug 8, 1997Thunderstorm Wind$20,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorm winds destoryed a house trailer and flattened soon to be combined wheat. One field of corn was completely stripped of its leaves.

9. Jul 27, 2015Thunderstorm Wind$15,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Daniels County dispatch relayed a public report of 3 grain hopper bins blown over by thunderstorm wind gusts, along with significant crop loss in the area.

10. Jul 27, 2015Thunderstorm Wind$10,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Daniels County dispatch relayed a public report of a roof blown off a new addition to a home from thunderstorm wind gusts.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

110°FJul 24, 2007

All-time low

−51°FFeb 8, 2019

Warmest night

75°FJul 7, 2007

Coldest day

−24°F2 times, most recently Jan 13, 2024

Wettest day

3.30 inSep 7, 2026

Snowiest day

10.0 in2 times, most recently Mar 4, 2013

Hottest year

2006mean 43.6°F

Coldest year

1996mean 35.4°F

Wettest year

201917.44 in

Driest year

20175.55 in

Snowiest season

60.0 in2003-04

Station Scobey 4 Nw (USC00247425), 2,390 ft elevation, 4.1 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1987 to October 19, 2026; 96.3% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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).

OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00247425.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

Joins, thresholds and known limits are set out in the methodology. Found an error? Report it. Page built October 30, 2026.