Heavy Snow, Everett and Vicinity
- When
- January 20, 8:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Everett and Vicinity forecast zone
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
Heavy Snow in Washington, January 20, 1996
Heavy snow fell in northeast Washington. 3 to 5 inches fell around the Spokane area bringing the total on the ground to 6 to 11 inches.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- 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 SEW wrote it up.
Heavy snow fell in northeast Washington. 3 to 5 inches fell around the Spokane area bringing the total on the ground to 6 to 11 inches. Over 100 accidents and 1000 power outages were reported.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flood in District of Columbia, January 20 to 23, 1996
- Flooding in Ohio, January 20 to 22, 1996
- Flooding in West Virginia, January 20 to 22, 1996
- Flooding in Kentucky, January 20 to 23, 1996
- Flood in Maryland, January 20 to 22, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 20 to 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 20 to 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 20 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, January 20 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, January 20 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, January 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, January 20 to 21, 1996
More
Every storm in Washington in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, January 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: 5544172.