Heavy Snow, Upper Snake Highlands
- When
- December 12, 6:00 AM MST to December 13, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Upper Snake Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
Nine inches of snow was recorded at Rea and 10 inches fell in Island Park.
Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 12 to 13, 2009
A strong Pacific storm system brought widespread heavy snow to extreme southern and eastern Idaho over the weekend of December 12th and 13th.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A strong Pacific storm system brought widespread heavy snow to extreme southern and eastern Idaho over the weekend of December 12th and 13th.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, South Central Highlands
- When
- December 12, 6:00 AM MST to December 13, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- South Central Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
Ten inches of snow fell at the Bostetter Ranger Station and 11 inches fell at the Pomerelle Ski Resort.
Heavy Snow, Caribou Highlands
- When
- December 12, 6:00 AM MST to December 13, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Caribou Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
Eleven inches of snow fell at Sedgwick Peak.
Heavy Snow, Cache Valley/Idaho Portion
- When
- December 12, 6:00 AM MST to December 13, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cache Valley/Idaho Portion forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
Nine inches of snow fell 3 miles west of Oxford.
Heavy Snow, Wasatch Mountains/Iadho Portion
- When
- December 12, 6:00 AM MST to December 13, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wasatch Mountains/Iadho Portion forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
Fourteen inches of snow fell at Emigrant Summit and 13 inches fell at Franklin Basin.
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
- Flash Flooding in Louisiana, December 12, 2009
- Flash Flood and High Wind in California, December 12 to 13, 2009
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 12 to 13, 2009
- Extreme Cold in North Dakota, December 12 to 15, 2009
- Winter Storm in Utah, December 12 to 14, 2009
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, December 12 to 13, 2009
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Utah, December 12 to 13, 2009
- Winter Storm in Montana, December 12 to 13, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in California, December 12 to 13, 2009
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, December 12, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Montana, December 12 to 13, 2009
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 12 to 13, 2009
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, December 2009
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: 207636, 207637, 207639, 207640, 207641.