Winter Storm, Eastern Glacier
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM MST to January 9, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Glacier forecast zone
Winter Storm in Montana, January 8 to 9, 1997
Most of central and southwest Montana received 4 to 7 inches of snow. Both Roy and Grassrange received 12 inches.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 TFX wrote it up.
Most of central and southwest Montana received 4 to 7 inches of snow. Both Roy and Grassrange received 12 inches.
Event by event
5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Cascade
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM MST to January 9, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cascade forecast zone
Winter Storm, Chouteau
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM MST to January 9, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Chouteau forecast zone
Winter Storm, Southern Lewis and Clark
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM MST to January 9, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Lewis and Clark forecast zone
Winter Storm, Hill
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM MST to January 9, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Hill forecast zone
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Montana, January 8 to 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Missouri, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Ice Storm in Georgia, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Sleet in North Carolina, January 8, 1997
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Ice Storm in West Virginia, January 8 to 9, 1997
More
Every storm in Montana in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, January 1997
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: 5588057, 5588058, 5588059, 5588060, 5588061.