The last in a series of November snowstorms affected mainly the Snake River Plain and southeast highlands including the South Central and Caribou Highlands and the Idaho Wasatch. 6 to 9 inches of snow fell in the Pocatello/Chubbuck region with 7 inches measured in Blackfoot.
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 episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
The last in a series of November snowstorms affected mainly the Snake River Plain and southeast highlands including the South Central and Caribou Highlands and the Idaho Wasatch. 6 to 9 inches of snow fell in the Pocatello/Chubbuck region with 7 inches measured in Blackfoot. 20 inches fell at Howell Canyon, 13 inches at Sedgwick Peak, 17 inches at Wild Horse Divide, 12 inches at Emigrant Summit, 11 inches at Franklin Basin, and 14 inches at Slug Creek Divide. Interstate 84 closed from the Interstate 86 intersection to the Utah border.
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Twenty inches of snow fell at Howell Canyon with 8 inches at Oxford Springs. Interstate 84 was closed due to whiteout conditions from the Interstate 86 junction to the Utah border.
Thirteen inches of snow fell at Sedgwick Peak and 17 inches at Wild Horse Divide.
Twelve inches of snow fell at Emigrant Summit with 11 inches at Franklin Basin and 14 inches at Slug Creek Divide.
Six to 9 inches of snow fell in the Pocatello/Chubbuck area. 7 inches was measured at the Pocatello Regional Airport which set a calendar day record for the month of Novemver. 7 inches also was measured in Blackfoot.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, November 2010
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: 269649, 269653, 269657, 269648.