Montgomery County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Montgomery 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 storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

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.

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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.

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.

Mapped landslides

Mapped by NC GS (2), NASA (1).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Jun 13, 2013Thunderstorm Wind$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Trees and power-lines were blown down all across the county resulting in extensive wind damage throughout the county. The town of Troy was one of the hardest hit areas with numerous downed trees on homes.

2. Oct 29, 2020Strong Wind, Montgomery$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Frequent wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph resulted in scattered to numerous trees and power lines down across Montgomery County, including some on homes. Numerous customers lost power in Montgomery County as a result of the strong winds.

3. Sep 30, 2022Tropical Storm, Montgomery$750,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Frequent wind gusts of 40 to 60 mph resulted in scattered to numerous trees and power lines down across Montgomery County, including some on homes. Numerous customers lost power in Montgomery County as a result of the tropical storm force wind gusts.

4. Sep 17, 2018Flood$617,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Torrential rainfall of 8 to 10 inches caused widespread flooding across the county. Flooding damaged approximately 18 structures throughout the county, resulting in $617 thousand in property damage and over $20 million in crop damage. Numerous streets and roads were reported flooded.

5. Sep 15, 2018Tropical Storm, Montgomery$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Frequent wind gusts of 30 to 50 mph resulted in numerous trees down across Montgomery County, including on homes, cars, power lines and damage to structures. Numerous customers lost power in Montgomery County as a result of the tropical storm force winds.

6. Oct 8, 2016Strong Wind, Montgomery$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Frequent wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph resulted in numerous trees down across Montgomery County, including on homes, cars, and power lines. Numerous customers lost power in Montgomery County as a result of the strong winds.

7. Oct 11, 2018Tropical Storm, Montgomery$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Tropical storm wind gusts downed multiple trees and caused minor wind damage and scattered power outages.

8. Feb 7, 2020Strong Wind, Montgomery$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous trees and power lines were reported down across the county.

9. May 27, 1998Hail$25,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Softball size hail fell just west of Pekin in Montgomery county. At least one car was destroyed with others sustaining large dents. Several trees were also downed throughout the county.

10. May 2, 2025Thunderstorm Wind$20,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Over a thousand power outages were reported from trees down on power lines.

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

107°FAug 22, 1983

All-time low

−5°F2 times, most recently Jan 22, 1985

Warmest night

80°FJul 26, 1953

Coldest day

14°FFeb 19, 1979

Wettest day

9.15 inJul 20, 1956

Snowiest day

16.0 inJan 25, 2000

Hottest year

1990mean 63.2°F

Coldest year

1963mean 58.5°F

Wettest year

201874.82 in

Driest year

200733.17 in

Snowiest season

19.5 in1999-00

Station Jackson Springs 5 Wnw (USC00314464), 730 ft elevation, 16.3 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1952 to August 31, 2026; 98.5% 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.

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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 USC00314464.
• 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.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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