Winter Storm, Absarokee / Beartooth Mountains
- When
- January 30, 8:00 PM MST to January 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Absarokee / Beartooth Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
- Coordinates
- 45.550, -109.722 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Montana, January 30 to 31, 2017
Please see February 1, 2017 for storm narrative and snow amounts.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- 11
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.
Please see February 1, 2017 for storm narrative and snow amounts.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 30, 2:21 PM MST, 5 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 2:21 PM MST, 5 hours 39 minutes before
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The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Livingston Area
- When
- January 31, 2:00 AM MST to 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Livingston Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.488, -110.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Paradise Valley
- When
- January 31, 2:00 AM MST to 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Paradise Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.488, -110.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Northern Park County
- When
- January 31, 2:00 AM MST to 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Park County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.488, -110.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Beartooth Foothills
- When
- January 31, 3:00 AM MST to 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Beartooth Foothills forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.742, -109.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Northern Stillwater
- When
- January 31, 3:00 AM MST to 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Stillwater forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.669, -109.395 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Northern Sweet Grass
- When
- January 31, 3:00 AM MST to 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Sweet Grass forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
Winter Storm, Yellowstone
- When
- January 31, 4:00 AM MST to 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Yellowstone forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
Winter Storm, Red Lodge Foothills
- When
- January 31, 1:34 PM MST to 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Red Lodge Foothills forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.227, -109.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Eastern Carbon
- When
- January 31, 1:34 PM MST to 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Carbon forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
Winter Storm, Southern Big Horn
- When
- January 31, 1:34 PM MST to 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Big Horn forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in North Dakota, January 30, 2017
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 30 to 31, 2017
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 30, 2017
- High Wind in South Dakota, January 30, 2017
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 30, 2017
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 30 to 31, 2017
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 30, 2017
- Wildfire in Oklahoma, January 30 to 31, 2017
- Wildfire in Oklahoma, January 30 to 31, 2017
- Winter Weather in District of Columbia, January 30, 2017
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 30, 2017
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 30, 2017
More
Every storm in Montana in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, January 2017
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 668919, 668923, 668924, 668928, 668925, 668926, 668927, 668929, 668920, 668921, 668922.