Winter Storm in Absaroka Mountains, Wyoming

Winter Storm March 17, 2025 – March 18, 2025 · Absaroka Mountains, Wyoming

What the National Weather Service wrote

Many SNOTEL sites reported over 12 inches of new snow, including a maximum of 20 inches at the Marquette SNOTEL site.

The wider storm

A rather wet, Pacific system tracked across western and central Wyoming and brought locally heavy snow. The highest amounts fell in the northwestern mountains with up to 20 inches falling in the Tetons and 18 inches in the Absarokas. In the lower elevations, Dubois picked up 10 inches of new snow with 9 inches around Lander. In northern Johnson County, snow combined with wind gusts as high as 50 mph to bring local blizzard conditions, closing Interstates 25 and 90 for a period of time on the afternoon of March 18th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1247690. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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