Nebraska, 2021Winter Weather in Nebraska, October 31, 2021
October 31, 2021 · NWS CYS · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
Snowfall beginning on Halloween continued into early on the 1st of November with much of the southern Nebraska Panhandle receiving 2 to 5 inches of snow accumulation. Event also entered for the month of November.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Snowfall beginning on Halloween continued into early on the 1st of November with much of the southern Nebraska Panhandle receiving 2 to 5 inches of snow accumulation. Event also entered for the month of November.
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 Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 31, 5:02 AM MST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 5:02 AM MST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>Winter Weather, Scotts Bluff
- When
- October 31, 9:00 AM MST to 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Scotts Bluff forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 41.851, -103.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snow accumulation of 2 to 3.5 inches reported on the 31st into November 1st. COOP observer reported 3.5 inches 3 miles west-northwest of Scottsbluff. Event also entered for the month of November.
Winter Weather, Banner
- When
- October 31, 12:00 PM MST to 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Banner forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 41.546, -103.710 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snow accumulation of 3 to 3.8 inches reported on the 31st into November 1st. CoCoRaHS observer reported 3.8 inches 9 miles southwest of Harrisburg. Event also entered for the month of November.
Winter Weather, Morrill
- When
- October 31, 12:30 PM MST to 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Morrill forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 41.716, -103.010 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snow accumulation of 3 to 4 inches reported on the 31st into November 1st. COOP observer reported 4 inches along the Banner/Morrill County line 18 miles west-southwest of Bridgeport. Event also entered for the month of November.
Winter Weather, Cheyenne
- When
- October 31, 7:00 PM MST to 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -102.995 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Area average snow accumulation of 3.5 to 5 inches reported on the 31st into November 1st. Event also entered for the month of November.
- 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.
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: 985624, 985630, 985632, 985634.