A strong cold front accompanied a winter storm system, which first developed over central Montana and spread eastward through portions of northeast Montana.
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.
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 GGW wrote it up.
A strong cold front accompanied a winter storm system, which first developed over central Montana and spread eastward through portions of northeast Montana.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Both the Hilltop Cafe in Jordan and a trained spotter located 15NW of Sand Springs reported 6 inches of new snow with this storm.
Multiple trained spotters in southern Wibaux county reported 9 inches of new snow with this storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Montana in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, December 2013
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 490014, 490011.