Heavy Snow, Wyoming Black Hills
- When
- January 1, 6:00 PM MST to January 2, 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wyoming Black Hills forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 44.215, -104.569 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wyoming, January 1 to 2, 2013
An upper level system moved across the area, bringing snow to much of northeastern Wyoming. The heaviest snow fell across the Bear Lodge Mountains during the overnight hours.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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 UNR wrote it up.
An upper level system moved across the area, bringing snow to much of northeastern Wyoming. The heaviest snow fell across the Bear Lodge Mountains during the overnight hours. Most areas received four to eight inches of snow with as much as a foot falling in the Sundance area.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Drought in Texas, January 1 to 31, 2013
- Drought in Oklahoma, January 1 to 31, 2013
- Drought in Texas, January 1 to 31, 2013
- Dense Fog in Oklahoma, January 1, 2013
- High Surf in Puerto Rico, January 1 to 4, 2013
- Sneakerwave in California, January 1, 2013
- Drought in Texas, January 1 to 31, 2013
- Drought in Oklahoma, January 1 to 31, 2013
- Drought in New Mexico, January 1 to 31, 2013
- Drought in Nebraska, January 1 to 31, 2013
- Drought in Nebraska, January 1 to 31, 2013
- Drought in Missouri, January 1 to 31, 2013
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, January 2013
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: 424932.