Heavy Snow, Lander Foothills / C Fremont
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM MST to December 2, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Lander Foothills / C Fremont forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.002, -109.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wyoming, December 1 to 2, 1997
15 inches of new snow in Sinks Canyon, southwest of Lander; 8 inches in downtown Lander; up to 10 inches in the Big Horn Mountains; 6 inches in Thermopolis. General snowfall amounts between 3 and 6 inches over much of the Wind River Basin.
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
- 4
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 RIW wrote it up.
15 inches of new snow in Sinks Canyon, southwest of Lander; 8 inches in downtown Lander; up to 10 inches in the Big Horn Mountains; 6 inches in Thermopolis. General snowfall amounts between 3 and 6 inches over much of the Wind River Basin.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, South Big Horn Basin / N Hot Springs / W Washakie
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM MST to December 2, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- South Big Horn Basin / N Hot Springs / W Washakie forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.635, -107.022 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Western Big Horn Mountains / E Big Horn / E Washakie
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM MST to December 2, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Western Big Horn Mountains / E Big Horn / E Washakie forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.433, -109.520 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Wind River Mtns East / Wc Fremont
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM MST to December 2, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Wind River Mtns East / Wc Fremont forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.039, -106.585 (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 Vermont, December 1 to 2, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Vermont, December 1 to 2, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 1 to 2, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, December 1 to 2, 1997
- Drought in Puerto Rico, December 1 to 31, 1997
- Flooding in Missouri, December 1 to 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Hail in Arizona, December 1 to 21, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, December 1 to 2, 1997
- Winter Storm in New Hampshire, December 1 to 2, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, December 1 to 2, 1997
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 1 to 2, 1997
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 1 to 2, 1997
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, 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: 5626782, 5626783, 5626784, 5626785.