Heavy Snow, Northeast Bighorn Mountains
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM MST to April 2, 3:00 AM MST
- Where
- Northeast Bighorn Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
Burgess Junction and surrounding area received 12 to 24 inches of snow.
Heavy Snow in Wyoming, April 1 to 2, 2010
An early Spring storm system moved across the Northern Rockies bringing widespread precipitation to the Billings Forecast Area. The precipitation began as a mix of rain and snow but quickly changed to all snow during the early morning hours across the Big Horn Mountains.
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.
An early Spring storm system moved across the Northern Rockies bringing widespread precipitation to the Billings Forecast Area. The precipitation began as a mix of rain and snow but quickly changed to all snow during the early morning hours across the Big Horn Mountains. Icy and snow covered roads were common during the late night and early morning hours of the 1st.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flooding in Iowa, April 1 to 23, 2010
- Wildfire in Georgia, April 1 to 6, 2010
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 1, 2010
- Wildfire in Colorado, April 1, 2010
- Drought in Colorado, April 1 to 30, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 1, 2010
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 1, 2010
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, April 1 to 2, 2010
- Drought in Hawaii, April 1 to 30, 2010
- Hail in Kansas, April 1, 2010
- High Wind in Colorado, April 1, 2010
- High Surf in Hawaii, April 1 to 5, 2010
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, April 2010
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: 222145.