Blizzard, Platte
- When
- January 30, 5:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Property damage
- $9,000
Blizzard in Wyoming, January 30, 1996
Light snow and strong winds produced poor travel conditions and numerous accidents.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Light snow and strong winds produced poor travel conditions and numerous accidents.
Event by event
4 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Goshen
- When
- January 30, 5:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Goshen forecast zone
Blizzard, Cheyenne Foothills
- When
- January 30, 5:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne Foothills forecast zone
- Property damage
- $6,000
Blizzard, Pine Bluffs
- When
- January 30, 5:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Pine Bluffs forecast zone
What these are
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 30, 1996
- Cold in Washington, January 30, 1996
- Cold in Wyoming, January 30 to 31, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Hawaii, January 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, January 30, 1996
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 30 to 31, 1996
- Cold in Iowa, January 30 to 31, 1996
- Cold in Illinois, January 30 to 31, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 30 to 31, 1996
- Cold in Montana, January 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 30 to 31, 1996
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 30 to 31, 1996
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5536807, 5536808, 5536809, 5536810.