Heavy Snow, Absarokee / Beartooth Mountains
- When
- March 12, 6:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Absarokee / Beartooth Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.550, -109.722 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Montana, March 12, 2005
5 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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 radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Beartooth Foothills
- When
- March 12, 6:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Beartooth Foothills forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.742, -109.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Crazy Mountains
- When
- March 12, 6:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Crazy Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.923, -110.104 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Park County
- When
- March 12, 6:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Park County forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.488, -110.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
8 inches 4W Alpine Cole Creek Snotel; 8 inches 2S Red Lodge; 7 inches 13ENE Wilsall South Fork of the Shields Snotel in the Crazy Mountains; 7 inches 6S Roscoe; 6 inches 5NW Alpine; 6 inches in Mcleod; 6 inches in Clyde Park; 10 inches 5W Red Lodge
Heavy Snow, Red Lodge Foothills
- When
- March 12, 6:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Red Lodge Foothills forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.227, -109.028 (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
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 12, 2005
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 12, 2005
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, March 12, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Maine, March 12, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 12, 2005
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, March 12, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, March 12, 2005
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 12, 2005
- High Wind in Hawaii, March 12 to 16, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, March 12, 2005
- Winter Storm in Rhode Island, March 12, 2005
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, March 12, 2005
More
Every storm in Montana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, March 2005
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: 5440507, 5440508, 5440509, 5440510, 5440511.