Heavy Snow, North Big Horn Basin
- When
- February 24, 12:00 PM MST to February 25, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Big Horn Basin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.524, -108.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wyoming, February 24 to 25, 1996
Six to ten inches of snow fell in the lower elevations of the west third of the state. The largest amount was ten inches at Pinedale.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 10 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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 CYS wrote it up.
Six to ten inches of snow fell in the lower elevations of the west third of the state. The largest amount was ten inches at Pinedale.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
10 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southwest Big Horn Basin
- When
- February 24, 12:00 PM MST to February 25, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southwest Big Horn Basin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.719, -108.442 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northeast Johnson County
- When
- February 24, 12:00 PM MST to February 25, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northeast Johnson County forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.039, -106.585 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains
- When
- February 24, 12:00 PM MST to February 25, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.002, -109.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Jackson Hole
- When
- February 24, 12:00 PM MST to February 25, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Jackson Hole forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.100, -110.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Wind River Mountains West
- When
- February 24, 12:00 PM MST to February 25, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wind River Mountains West forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.904, -109.273 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lander Foothills
- When
- February 24, 12:00 PM MST to February 25, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Lander Foothills forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.041, -108.630 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Natrona County Lower Elevations
- When
- February 24, 12:00 PM MST to February 25, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Natrona County Lower Elevations forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.962, -106.798 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Casper Mountain
- When
- February 24, 12:00 PM MST to February 25, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Casper Mountain forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.962, -106.798 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Uinta
- When
- February 24, 12:00 PM MST to February 25, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Uinta forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.288, -110.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Wildfire in Kansas, February 24, 1996
- High Wind in New York, February 24 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in New York, February 24 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Maryland, February 24, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, February 24 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Massachusetts, February 24 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Connecticut, February 24 to 25, 1996
- Winter Storm in Montana, February 24 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 24, 1996
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 24, 1996
- High Wind in New Jersey, February 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 24 to 25, 1996
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, February 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: 5537325, 5537326, 5537327, 5537328, 5537515, 5537516, 5537517, 5537518, 5537519, 5537520.