Wyoming, 2022

Heavy Snow in Wyoming, February 1 to 2, 2022

February 1 to 2, 2022 · NWS CYS · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Very cold temperatures created high snow ratios across southeast Wyoming 1-2 February 2022. Significant snow accumulations were observed across Laramie County and the Interstate 80 Summit.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 CYS wrote it up.

Very cold temperatures created high snow ratios across southeast Wyoming 1-2 February 2022. Significant snow accumulations were observed across Laramie County and the Interstate 80 Summit.

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 Feb 1, 10:24 AM MST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 10:24 AM MST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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In the hours before

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Event by event

3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Central Laramie County

When
February 1, 1:42 PM MST to February 2, 6:05 PM MST
Where
Central Laramie County forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
41.307, -104.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Observer 10.7 miles north of Cheyenne reported 6 inches of snowfall. Report from public 35 miles northeast of Cheyenne measured 6 inches of snow at 2 PM on 2 February 2022.

Heavy Snow, South Laramie Range

When
February 1, 3:06 PM MST to February 2, 10:32 PM MST
Where
South Laramie Range forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
41.481, -105.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Public report of 6 inches of snow 5 miles east southeast of Buford, Wyoming on 2 February at 2PM.

Heavy Snow, South Laramie Range Foothills

When
February 1, 3:22 PM MST to February 2, 10:00 PM MST
Where
South Laramie Range Foothills forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
41.481, -105.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Report received via Facebook. Observer reported 6 inches of snow 1 mile west of Horse Creek on 2 February 2022 at 925PM.

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

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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 995565, 995570, 995566.