Heavy Snow, North Absarokas / C Park
- When
- December 25, 10:00 AM MST to December 26, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Absarokas / C Park forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.760, -108.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wyoming, December 25 to 26, 1998
Up to a foot and a half of snow in the northwest mountains.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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.
Up to a foot and a half of snow in the northwest mountains.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Teton/Moutains / Teton Except N and Sc
- When
- December 25, 10:00 AM MST to December 26, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Teton/Moutains / Teton Except N and Sc forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.905, -107.683 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Yellowstone National Park Mt Id / W Park / N Teton
- When
- December 25, 10:00 AM MST to December 26, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Yellowstone National Park Mt Id / W Park / N Teton forecast zone
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 44.228, -110.089 (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
- High Wind in Idaho, December 25, 1998
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, December 25, 1998
- Winter Storm in Washington, December 25, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 25 to 26, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 25 to 26, 1998
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 25 to 26, 1998
- Ice Storm and High Wind in Washington, December 25, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, December 25, 1998
- Winter Storm in Oregon, December 25, 1998
- High Wind in Washington, December 25 to 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 25 to 26, 1998
- Winter Storm in Montana, December 25 to 26, 1998
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5673672, 5673673, 5673674.