Heavy Snow in Washington, January 16, 1998

Name: Heavy Snow in Washington, January 16, 1998
Start: 1998-01-16T21:00
End: 1998-01-16T23:30
Location: Washington

January 16, 1998 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, W Kittitas/W Yakima/W Klickitat T X Sw

When: January 16, 9:00 PM PST to 11:30 PM PST
Where: W Kittitas/W Yakima/W Klickitat T X Sw forecast zone

A weather spotter in Cle Elum reported 4 inches of snow in 2 and a half hours.

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 Washington in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Washington, January 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5660075.