High Wind in Gallatin Valley, Montana

High Wind May 13, 2026 · Gallatin Valley, Montana

70 mph

Measured gust (61 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trained spotter measured a 70 mph wind gust. ASOS station KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone Airport also measured a 68 mph wind gust.

The wider storm

A trough brought an increase in southerly winds aloft on the 13th. This combined with a strongly unstable atmosphere brought severe thunderstorms producing scattered severe wind gusts across the region. High synoptic wind gusts also accompanied thunderstorms on the 13th and 14th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1337065. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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