Heavy Snow, Eastern Glacier
- When
- December 18, 9:00 PM MST to December 19, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Glacier forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Montana, December 18 to 19, 1996
4 to 7 inches of snow fell across portions of central Montana. Raynesford received 10 inches.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS TFX wrote it up.
4 to 7 inches of snow fell across portions of central Montana. Raynesford received 10 inches.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Chouteau
- When
- December 18, 9:00 PM MST to December 19, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Chouteau forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Madison
- When
- December 18, 9:00 PM MST to December 19, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Cascade
- When
- December 18, 9:00 PM MST to December 19, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cascade forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Southern Lewis and Clark
- When
- December 18, 9:00 PM MST to December 19, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Lewis and Clark forecast zone
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Colorado, December 18, 1996
- Winter Storm in Alabama, December 18, 1996
- Cold in Nebraska, December 18 to 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Georgia, December 18, 1996
- Cold in Louisiana, December 18 to 21, 1996
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, December 18 to 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Carolina, December 18, 1996
- Cold in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 1996
- Cold in Mississippi, December 18 to 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Georgia, December 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, December 18, 1996
More
Every storm in Montana in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, December 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5579979, 5579980, 5579981, 5579982, 5579983.