Heavy Snow — Fergus County Below 4500ft, Montana

2025-01-11 to 2025-01-12 · Fergus County Below 4500ft, Montana

Event narrative

Law enforcement, among multiple trained spotters, reported snow in excess of a foot and a half in and around Lewistown. The peak report was of 2 feet in Lewistown proper.

Wider weather episode

Upper level troughing initially brought a round of strong winds across Central and North-central Montana before the event transitioned to a long duration snowfall event, mostly for the mountains and northerly upslope areas of Central Montana. Areas in the Bears Paw and around Lewistown received 2 feet of new snow or more.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1226758. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.