Heavy Snow, North Big Horn Basin
- When
- March 4, 10:00 PM MST to March 5, 11:00 AM 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, March 4 to 5, 1996
Four to seven inches of snow fell from the Big Horn Basin to the Black Hills. In the Big Horn Mountains, between two and four feet of snow was observed.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 8
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.
Four to seven inches of snow fell from the Big Horn Basin to the Black Hills. In the Big Horn Mountains, between two and four feet of snow was observed.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southwest Big Horn Basin
- When
- March 4, 10:00 PM MST to March 5, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Southwest Big Horn Basin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.719, -108.442 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Bighorn Mountains Southeast
- When
- March 4, 10:00 PM MST to March 5, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Bighorn Mountains Southeast forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.635, -107.022 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Big Horn Mountains
- When
- March 4, 10:00 PM MST to March 5, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Northern Big Horn Mountains forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Sheridan Foothills
- When
- March 4, 10:00 PM MST to March 5, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Sheridan Foothills forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Southern Big Horn Mountains
- When
- March 4, 10:00 PM MST to March 5, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Southern Big Horn Mountains forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Buffalo Foothills
- When
- March 4, 10:00 PM MST to March 5, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Buffalo Foothills forecast zone
Heavy Snow, South Campbell
- When
- March 4, 10:00 PM MST to March 5, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- South Campbell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.248, -105.548 (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
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 4, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 4, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 4 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in Hawaii, March 4, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Winter Storm in California, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 4 to 6, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 4 to 5, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Washington, March 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Hawaii, March 4, 1996
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, March 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: 5540072, 5540073, 5540074, 5540075, 5540076, 5540077, 5540078, 5540079.