Heavy Snow, Big and Little Wood River Region
- When
- December 24, 4:00 AM MST to December 25, 2:00 AM MST
- Where
- Big and Little Wood River Region forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 24 to 25, 2003
Heavy snow fell Christmas Eve in the mountains of Idaho. 15 inches fell at Galena Lodge, 12 inches fell at Stanley with 8 to 10 inches at Ketchum.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Heavy snow fell Christmas Eve in the mountains of Idaho. 15 inches fell at Galena Lodge, 12 inches fell at Stanley with 8 to 10 inches at Ketchum.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Sawtooth Mountains
- When
- December 24, 4:00 AM MST to December 25, 2:00 AM MST
- Where
- Sawtooth Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
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
- Flood and Heavy Rain in California, December 24 to 25, 2003
- Flood in New York, December 24, 2003
- Flooding in Indiana, December 24 to 31, 2003
- Storm Surge in New Jersey, December 24, 2003
- Flooding in New York, December 24 to 25, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 24 to 25, 2003
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, December 24 to 26, 2003
- Storm Surge in New Jersey, December 24, 2003
- Flooding in Indiana, December 24 to 28, 2003
- Flooding in Connecticut, December 24 to 26, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 24 to 25, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 24 to 25, 2003
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, December 2003
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: 5328157, 5328158.