Heavy Snow, Butte
- When
- March 25, 11:00 PM MST to March 26, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Butte forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.906, -103.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 25 to 26, 2011
A storm system moved across the Central Rockies and Central Plains, bringing snow to western South Dakota. Most of western South Dakota received two to five inches of snow.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 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 UNR wrote it up.
A storm system moved across the Central Rockies and Central Plains, bringing snow to western South Dakota. Most of western South Dakota received two to five inches of snow. A heavier band of snow developed across Harding and Butte Counties during the morning and produced five to ten inches of snow from Belle Fourche to Buffalo.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Harding
- When
- March 26, 12:00 AM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Harding forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -103.496 (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
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, March 25, 2011
- Drought in Texas, March 25 to 31, 2011
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25 to 26, 2011
- Winter Weather in Colorado, March 25 to 26, 2011
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 25 to 27, 2011
- Heavy Snow in California, March 25 to 26, 2011
- Winter Weather in Montana, March 25 to 28, 2011
- Wildfire in Georgia, March 25 to 29, 2011
- Wildfire in Georgia, March 25, 2011
- Hail in Arkansas, March 25, 2011
- High Wind in Texas, March 25, 2011
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, March 2011
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: 288394, 288401.