Blizzard, Laramie Valley
- When
- March 18, 7:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie Valley forecast zone
Blizzard in Wyoming, March 18, 1996
Very heavy snow showers produced one to three inches of snow from Laramie to Cheyenne along with strong wind gusts. Near zero visibilities occurred.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Very heavy snow showers produced one to three inches of snow from Laramie to Cheyenne along with strong wind gusts. Near zero visibilities occurred. Interstate 80 over the Laramie Range was closed from 1145 AM and was reopened at 500 PM because of the poor conditions.
Event by event
3 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Laramie Range
- When
- March 18, 7:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Laramie Range forecast zone
Blizzard, Cheyenne Foothills
- When
- March 18, 7:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne Foothills 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.
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More
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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: 5540090, 5540091, 5540092.