Montana, 2024

Heavy Snow in Montana, August 28, 2024

August 28, 2024 · NWS MSO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An early season snowfall event brough about 10 to 12 inches of snow to Glacier National Park. Park officials closed roads, but people were still stranded in campgrounds and buses had slid off the roads.

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The toll

Deaths
1
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 MSO wrote it up.

An early season snowfall event brough about 10 to 12 inches of snow to Glacier National Park. Park officials closed roads, but people were still stranded in campgrounds and buses had slid off the roads.

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, West Glacier Region

When
August 28, 12:00 PM MST to 11:00 PM MST
Where
West Glacier Region forecast zone
Deaths
0 direct, 1 indirect
Reported by
Park/Forest Service
Coordinates
47.971, -114.069 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Glacier Park rangers reported 10 to 12 inches of snow. The Logan Pass snow measuring site recorded 11 inches in 24 hours. The Park closed the Going to the Sun Road. The storm stranded park visitors, and buses slid off the road. One person was killed in a slip and fall accident on Sperry Trail on August 28. Media sources identify the deceased as a 65 year old male who slipped and hit his head.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Heavy Snow, West Glacier Region2024-08-2865MaleOutside/Open AreasIndirect

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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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: 1202025.