Heavy Snow in Utah, December 1 to 2, 1997

Name: Heavy Snow in Utah, December 1 to 2, 1997
Start: 1997-12-01T06:00
End: 1997-12-02T07:00
Location: Utah

December 1 to 2, 1997 · NWS SLC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A storm system moving through Arizona caused light snow to fall across Utah. 1-3" accumulated in the mountains and a few valleys.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 SLC wrote it up.

A storm system moving through Arizona caused light snow to fall across Utah. 1-3" accumulated in the mountains and a few valleys. Fillmore along with the eastern benches of Utah county received 3". Tooele measured 2" from this storm.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E

When: December 1, 6:00 AM MST to December 2, 7:00 AM MST
Where: W Salt Lake T X W/E Toole T X E forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000

Heavy Snow, W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab

When: December 1, 6:00 AM MST to December 2, 7:00 AM MST
Where: W Utah T X Nw/P X E Juab 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 Utah in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Utah, 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: 5623950, 5623951.