A moist northwesterly flow brought periods of snow to the northern mountains of the state. Some heavier amounts included Monte Cristo and Park City with 17 inches, Solitude with 14 inches, Brighton 13 inches, Beaver Mountain 12 inches, and Deer Valley 11 inches.
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.
The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
A moist northwesterly flow brought periods of snow to the northern mountains of the state. Some heavier amounts included Monte Cristo and Park City with 17 inches, Solitude with 14 inches, Brighton 13 inches, Beaver Mountain 12 inches, and Deer Valley 11 inches.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Utah in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, December 1998
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: 5676273, 5676274.