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Hail dates in Phillips County, Montana
The National Weather Service has recorded hail in Phillips County on 19 days since 2016 (46 separate reports, 42 of them quarter-size or larger). The largest stone on record was 3.00" (tea cup) on June 9, 2021; the most recent hail was July 17, 2025. Every row below is an official NWS record. Check hail at your exact address, free →
Every hail day in Phillips County since 2016
One row per day the NWS logged hail somewhere in the county. The narrative names the town; the free check below narrows it to your address.
| Date | Largest hail | Reports | NWS narrative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-17 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | Quarter size hail estimated from webcam imagery from the Malta South US-191 DOT site. |
| 2024-07-13 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 1 | Public reported hail up to the size of golf balls. |
| 2023-09-08 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters. |
| 2023-06-06 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters. |
| 2022-07-06 | 2.75" (baseball) | 6 | Public reported, via Facebook, hail up to the size of baseballs. |
| 2022-07-05 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 2 | Public reported, via Facebook, hail up to the size of golf balls. |
| 2021-07-08 | 1.50" (ping pong ball) | 6 | Public reported, via Facebook, ping-pong ball size hail. Time estimated from radar. |
| 2021-06-09 | 3.00" (tea cup) | 7 | Public reported hail up to the size of tea cups, along with broken car windshields and heavy rain. Time estimated. |
| 2021-06-04 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | Trained spotter reported hail up to the size of quarters. |
| 2020-07-31 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 1 | Trained spotter reported hail up to the size of golf balls, as well as 0.75 inch of rain. Time is estimated from radar. |
| 2019-07-01 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | Trained spotter estimated quarter size hail, along with heavy rain. |
| 2019-06-28 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 3 | Trained spotter reported wind-blown golf ball size hail damaged multiple pickup trucks and several house windows. |
| 2017-07-16 | 1.75" (golf ball) | 1 | A member of the public just west of the town of Sun Prairie, reported hail up to the size of golf balls, along with 50 mph wind gusts and heavy rainfall. Tim… |
| 2016-10-01 | 0.88" (nickel) | 1 | Storm Chaser reported, via social media, nickel sized hail. |
| 2016-08-09 | 1.00" (quarter) | 1 | Cooperative observer reported mostly pea to dime sized hail with a few quarter sized hail stones. |
| 2016-07-30 | 1.00" (quarter) | 2 | Trained spotter at the Port of Morgan Border Patrol station reported a few quarter sized hailstones among many other dime and nickel sized hail stones. |
| 2016-06-21 | 1.00" (quarter) | 3 | Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail. |
| 2016-06-18 | 2.00" (hen egg) | 5 | Public reported hen egg sized hail. |
| 2016-05-21 | 1.50" (ping pong ball) | 2 | Trained spotter reported mostly small hail mixed with a few ping pong ball sized hailstones. |
Hail days by year
| Year | Hail days | Reports | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1.00" (quarter) |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1.75" (golf ball) |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 1.00" (quarter) |
| 2022 | 2 | 8 | 2.75" (baseball) |
| 2021 | 3 | 14 | 3.00" (tea cup) |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 1.75" (golf ball) |
| 2019 | 2 | 4 | 1.75" (golf ball) |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 1.75" (golf ball) |
| 2016 | 6 | 14 | 2.00" (hen egg) |
Damaging wind in Phillips County
Thunderstorm wind of 58 mph or more (the NWS severe threshold), 108 reports since 2016, strongest 89 mph. 2 tornadoes recorded in the county in the same period. Wind and tornado records are included in the extended report.
| Date | Peak gust | Reports | NWS narrative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-07 | 89 mph | 14 | At the Malta airport AWOS site (KM75), an 89 mph wind gust was recorded. |
| 2016-06-18 | 81 mph | 11 | A freight train was derailed by high winds. Forty rail cars holding mostly empty containers were blown off the tracks. |
| 2022-07-09 | 78 mph | 2 | The Malta Airport ASOS (KM75) measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 78 mph. |
| 2022-07-08 | 72 mph | 3 | The Zortman BLM RAWS site (ALDM8) measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 73 mph. |
| 2016-06-14 | 72 mph | 5 | A 72 mph wind gust was measured at the Manning Corral Dogtown RAWS site. |
| 2021-06-08 | 70 mph | 2 | Trained spotter reported 70 mph wind and up to 0.70 inch rainfall. |
| 2019-06-27 | 70 mph | 9 | Trained spotter reported several power poles blown down along seven-mile road, between US Highway 191 and Zortman. Trees were bending in… |
| 2024-07-25 | 69 mph | 2 | The Saco US-2 DOT site (MTSCO) measured a 69 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
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Questions
What date did hail last hit Phillips County?
July 17, 2025, per the NWS Storm Events record. The largest since 2016 was 3.00" (tea cup) on June 9, 2021.
Does a county record prove hail at my house?
No. NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure. The free check above shows what was recorded near your specific address, with distances.
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