Heavy Snow, Humboldt
- When
- December 18, 9:30 AM PST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Nevada, December 18, 1997
A winter storm droppped locally heavy snow along the Oregon border area of Northern Humboldt County. A 12 hour snowfall total of 3 inches was reported at Mcdermitt.
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 LKN wrote it up.
A winter storm droppped locally heavy snow along the Oregon border area of Northern Humboldt County. A 12 hour snowfall total of 3 inches was reported at Mcdermitt.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flood in Florida, December 18 to 31, 1997
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, December 18, 1997
- Dense Fog in Illinois, December 18, 1997
- Dense Fog in Missouri, December 18, 1997
- Dense Fog in Indiana, December 18, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 18 to 19, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 18, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, December 18 to 19, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 18, 1997
More
Every storm in Nevada in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, December 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5626224.