Heavy Snow, Lost River / Pahsimeroi
- When
- December 3, 9:00 AM MST to December 5, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Lost River / Pahsimeroi forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 3 to 5, 1998
2 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Upper Snake Highlands
- When
- December 3, 9:00 AM MST to December 5, 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Upper Snake Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
A winter storm brought heavy snow to the mountains along the Idaho/Montana border. The Upper Snake Highlands reported 8 to 12 inches of snow. Accumulation of 7 inches were reported in Ashton and St Anthony, and 5 inches in Rexburg. In the area from Idaho Falls north to the Upper Snake Highlands, numerous vehicle minor accidents and slide offs were reported despite snow amounts below advisory levels. The Lost River Valley in Custer county reported 6 inches of snow.
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 Rain in Puerto Rico, December 3, 1998
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, December 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 3 to 4, 1998
- Drought in Pennsylvania, December 3 to 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, December 3 to 4, 1998
- High Wind in Hawaii, December 3 to 5, 1998
- Drought in Maryland, December 3 to 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 3 to 4, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, December 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, December 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 3 to 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Idaho in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, December 1998
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5676545, 5676546.