Heavy Snow in Montana, March 7, 1997

Name: Heavy Snow in Montana, March 7, 1997
Start: 1997-03-07T02:00
End: 1997-03-07T22:00
Location: Montana

March 7, 1997 · NWS TFX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The Big Sky ski resort reported 10 inches of new snow.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

The Big Sky ski resort reported 10 inches of new snow.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Madison

When: March 7, 2:00 AM MST to 10:00 PM MST
Where: Madison forecast zone

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

Every storm in Montana in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Montana, March 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: 5596395.