Winter Weather, North Rocky Mountain Front
- When
- December 9, 8:00 PM MST to December 10, 11:08 AM MST
- Where
- North Rocky Mountain Front forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
Public reports 3 to 4 inches of snow from wednesday night.
Winter Weather in Montana, December 9 to 10, 2020
A shortwave trough moved from the Pacific Northwest to the Great Basin, and produced some upslope snow showers across North-Central Montana.
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 TFX wrote it up.
A shortwave trough moved from the Pacific Northwest to the Great Basin, and produced some upslope snow showers across North-Central Montana.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
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: 928053.