Wyoming, 1998

Heavy Snow in Wyoming, June 2 to 4, 1998

June 2 to 4, 1998 · NWS BYZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A slow moving low pressure system over the Great Basin spread moisture over an unseasonably cold airmass which was in place over North Central Wyoming from the evening of June 2 through the morning of June 4. The result was a heavy snowfall in the Big Horn Mountains with 4 to 8 inches falling above 5000 feet.

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS BYZ wrote it up.

A slow moving low pressure system over the Great Basin spread moisture over an unseasonably cold airmass which was in place over North Central Wyoming from the evening of June 2 through the morning of June 4. The result was a heavy snowfall in the Big Horn Mountains with 4 to 8 inches falling above 5000 feet.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, W Sheridan

When
June 2, 9:00 PM MST to June 4, 5:00 AM MST
Where
W Sheridan forecast zone

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

More

Every storm in Wyoming in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, June 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: 5649831.