Judith Basin County, Montana Hail Map & History
Judith Basin County was hit as recently as 2026-09-13, 1 day ago. Judith Basin County is hit in most years, and usually several times over. The largest stone on record here is 2.5 inches, a tennis ball and 2.5 times the National Weather Service's 1 inch severe criterion, reported on 2026-09-06 near Moccasin.
Colored swath = NOAA MRMS radar-estimated hail size; dots = NOAA SPC reports in Montana. Radar-indicated, not a guarantee of damage.
The last hail here fell on 2026-09-13, around Raynesford. A free SwathIQ account -- hand-reviewed, invite within 24-48h -- pulls Judith Basin County addresses inside a hail swath above your size threshold into a door-knock list you can export, scoped to your approved markets.
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NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has logged 35 separate hail days here since 2010 -- 2.1 a year over 17 years of record. They carry 62 reports in total: most hail days here are logged from a single spot. 2 of those 17 years produced none at all. The busiest single year was 2026, with 5 hail days. The last five years track the long-run rate, with 10 days since 2022.
5 of the 35 days reached 2 inches or more -- 14%, or about one hail day in 7, the last on 2026-09-06. They land in the same month as everything else, June. 13 of the 35 days reached golf-ball size, 1.75 inches or bigger.
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Hardest-hit places in Judith Basin County
Reports cluster nearest Hobson -- 11 of the county's 35 hail days -- then Stanford (9), Benchland (6), Geyser (6) and Moccasin (5). Beyond those, NOAA names Utica, Raynesford and Windham on more than one hail day apiece.
| Place | Hail days since 2010 | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|
| Hobson | 7 | 2.00″ |
| 2 NW Benchland | 5 | 1.50″ |
| 5 SW Stanford | 3 | 1.75″ |
| Stanford | 3 | 1.00″ |
| 3 SSE Raynesford | 2 | 1.75″ |
When it hails in Judith Basin County
The season runs June through August: 32 of the 35 hail days on record fall in those 3 months (91%). June is the single busiest month, with 16 of them (46%). That peak opens the window: the season starts at its worst and eases off from there. Hail has also been reported in May and September, outside that window. Reports span 5 of the 12 calendar months; the other 7 have never produced one.
| Month | Hail days |
|---|---|
| May | 1 |
| June | 16 |
| July | 11 |
| August | 5 |
| September | 2 |
Recent Judith Basin County hail days
That day put 1 report on the map, the biggest 1 inch near Raynesford. 5 hail days have already been reported this year.
| Date | Max hail | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-13 | 1.00″ | 1 |
| 2026-09-06 | 2.50″ | 6 |
| 2026-07-16 | 1.75″ | 2 |
| 2026-07-14 | 2.50″ | 3 |
| 2026-07-05 | 1.75″ | 1 |
| 2025-06-15 | 1.75″ | 3 |
| 2025-06-14 | 2.00″ | 4 |
| 2024-06-21 | 2.00″ | 1 |
How to read the Judith Basin County map
The colored swath is NOAA's MRMS radar estimate of the largest hail per ~1 km cell; the dots are SPC ground reports. Yellow is about an inch, red 1.5 to 2″, purple 2″ and up (hail size vs roof damage). On this county's worst day the reports reached 2.5 inches, which is the purple band. Look up a street address with the hail history by address tool.
Nearby counties
The nearest counties with a page of their own: Fergus County (49 hail days), Wheatland County (16) and Chouteau County (25). Judith Basin County sits in between.
Fergus County · Wheatland County · Chouteau County
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Data & method: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports + NOAA MRMS MESH radar, Judith Basin County, Montana only. Radar-indicated and observation-based -- informational only, not a guarantee of damage or a valid claim.