Ice Storm in Washington, December 29 to 30, 1996

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$500,000

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.

Ice Storm

Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Lightning Strike in Louisiana, December 29, 19961 death · 2 injured · $50,000 · 1 event
• Heavy Rain in Washington, December 29 to 31, 1996$32 million · 1 event
• Flood in Washington, December 29 to 31, 19961 death · 1 event
• Heavy Rain in California, December 29, 1996$100,000 · 1 event
• High Wind in Nevada, December 29, 1996$50,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Nevada, December 29, 1996$30,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Nevada, December 29, 1996$25,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
• Flooding in California, December 29 to 31, 1996$20,000 · 2 events
• Dense Fog in Florida, December 29, 199615 events
• Winter Storm in Montana, December 29, 199612 events
• Winter Storm in Montana, December 29, 19967 events
• Heavy Snow in Washington, December 29, 19963 events

Every storm in Washington in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, December 1996

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: 5575763.