Heavy Snow in Utah, March 28 to 29, 1996

Name: Heavy Snow in Utah, March 28 to 29, 1996
Start: 1996-03-28T18:00
End: 1996-03-29T06:00
Location: Utah

March 28 to 29, 1996 · NWS SLC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A cold front rapidly moved through Utah late in March leaving criteria snowfall amounts in Utah's mountains. During this 12 hour period 6-13 inches of snow fell.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 SLC wrote it up.

A cold front rapidly moved through Utah late in March leaving criteria snowfall amounts in Utah's mountains. During this 12 hour period 6-13 inches of snow fell. The Brian Head Ski Resort received the most at 13". Thunderstorms occurred along the Wasatch Front as this front passed through.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs

When: March 28, 6:00 PM MST to March 29, 6:00 AM MST
Where: Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs forecast zone

Heavy Snow, Western Unita Basin

When: March 28, 6:00 PM MST to March 29, 6:00 AM MST
Where: Western Unita Basin 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

Every storm in Utah in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in Utah, March 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5536196, 5536197.