Idaho, 2016

Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 19 to 20, 2016

January 19 to 20, 2016 · NWS PIH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Over 10 inches of snow fell in the Caribou Highlands.

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 PIH wrote it up.

Over 10 inches of snow fell in the Caribou Highlands.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Caribou Highlands

When
January 19, 12:00 PM MST to January 20, 4:00 PM MST
Where
Caribou Highlands forecast zone
Reported by
SNOTEL

Twelve inches of snow fell at Sedgwick Pean and 11 inches fell at Sheep Mountain . Other amounts were 6 inches at Pine Creek Pass and 5 inches at Somsen Ranch.

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

More

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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: 615903.