Wyoming, 2025Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Wyoming, February 16 to 17, 2025
February 16 to 17, 2025 · NWS CYS · 5 events in 5 counties and zones
Heavy snowfall in the mountains with widespread snow fall across southeast Wyoming. Some snow squalls occurred across southeast Wyoming.
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.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Heavy snowfall in the mountains with widespread snow fall across southeast Wyoming. Some snow squalls occurred across southeast Wyoming.
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 16, 10:25 AM MST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 10:25 AM MST, 35 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 16, 5:02 AM MST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
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- When
- February 16, 11:00 AM MST to February 17, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- North Laramie Range forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
- Coordinates
- 42.253, -105.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Peak snowfall reported in the Laramie Range came from the Windy Peak River SNOTEL (WNDW4) with 7.4 inches.
Heavy Snow, Sierra Madre Range
- When
- February 16, 12:00 PM MST to February 17, 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sierra Madre Range forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
- Coordinates
- 41.695, -106.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Peak snowfall reported in the Sierra Madres came from the Little Snake River SNOTEL (LITW4) with 34.1 inches. Most other SNOTELs were between 12 to 20 inches.
Heavy Snow, Snowy Range
- When
- February 16, 12:00 PM MST to February 17, 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Snowy Range forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
- Coordinates
- 41.675, -106.327 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Peak snowfall reported in the Snowy Range came from the Sand Lake SNOTEL (SNLW4) with 23.7 inches. Most other SNOTELs were between 12 to 20 inches.
Winter Weather, East Platte County
- When
- February 17, 3:43 PM MST to 4:15 PM MST
- Where
- East Platte County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 42.133, -104.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Visibility reduced to around a quarter mile on webcams with winds gusting to 35mph.
Winter Weather, Goshen County
- When
- February 17, 4:18 PM MST to 4:45 PM MST
- Where
- Goshen County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 42.088, -104.353 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Visibility reduced to below a quarter mile on WYDOT webcams. Winds gusting around 35mph.
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, February 16, 20251 death · $415,000 · EF1 · 145 events
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 16 to 17, 20251 death · 56 kt wind · 10 events
- Cold in Nebraska, February 16, 20251 death · 1 event
- Lake-Effect Snow and High Wind in New York, February 16 to 19, 20251 injured · $2.3 million · 56 kt wind · 5 events
- Avalanche and High Wind in Virginia, February 16, 2025$300,000 · 60 kt wind · 27 events
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, February 16, 2025$156,000 · 53 kt wind · 25 events
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, February 16, 2025$250,000 · 76 kt wind · 1 event
- Blizzard and High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 16 to 17, 20251 injured · $59,000 · 56 kt wind · 17 events
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 16, 2025$108,000 · 60 kt wind · 9 events
- Lake-Effect Snow and High Wind in New York, February 16 to 18, 20252 injured · 50 kt wind · 30 events
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in North Carolina, February 16, 2025$60,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 events
- Extreme Cold in North Dakota, February 16 to 19, 202536 events
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: 1230030, 1230023, 1230024, 1230025, 1230026.