Winter Storm, Beaverhead
- When
- March 22, 9:00 PM MST to March 24, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Beaverhead forecast zone
Winter Storm in Montana, March 22 to 24, 1996
Three to six inches of snow fell over portions of northeast Montana. The heaviest snow was reported in Garfield and Phillips counties.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 GGW wrote it up.
Three to six inches of snow fell over portions of northeast Montana. The heaviest snow was reported in Garfield and Phillips counties. Strong winds to 40 miles an hour in combination with the snow reduced visibilities causing travel problems. Wind chill readings to near 40 below caused dangerous conditions for young livestock.
Event by event
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5582848.