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High Wind in Little Belt and Highwood Mountains, Montana

High Wind December 9, 2025 · Little Belt and Highwood Mountains, Montana

66 mph

Measured gust (57 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

MT DOT sensors at Monarch Canyon and Kings Hill Pass both measured gusts in excess of 58 mph, including a peak of 66 mph at Monarch Canyon.

The wider storm

Strong zonal flow coinciding with the passage of a shortwave trough was translated to the surface, primarily during the evening of the 8th and into the 9th over the plains and adjacent areas. The strongest winds were more isolated east of I-15 over the plains, but did occur.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1299076. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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