Snow amounts of over a foot were widespread in southeast Idaho.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Snow amounts of over a foot were widespread in southeast Idaho.
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 Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 18, 4:55 AM MST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Estimated snowfall amounts were 10.8 inches at Island Park and 14.5 inches at White Elephant.
Estimated SNOTEL snow amounts were 15.1 inches at Mill Creek Summit.
SNOTEL snow amount at Vienna Mine was 31.5 inches.
SNOTEL snow amount estimates were 13.6 inches at Chocolate Gulch, 15.9 inches at Galena, 19.3 inches at Galena Summit, and 17.1 inches at Lost Wood Divide.
SNOTEL snow amount estimate was 12.7 inches at Smiley Mountain.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, December 2025
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: 1308211, 1308221, 1308227, 1308230, 1308234.