Heavy Snow — Fergus County Below 4500ft, Montana

2025-11-27 to 2025-11-28 · Fergus County Below 4500ft, Montana

Event narrative

A storm spotter 5 miles NE of Hilger reported a 24 hour snowfall total of 8 inches.

Wider weather episode

A trough coming through brought light snow across the region on the 27th. A front stalling out along North-Central MT on the 28th brought heavy snow to the plains as a mesoscale heavy snow band set up throughout the day. Gusty north winds setting up also brough area of blowing and drifting snow along with enhanced northerly upslope snow at the foothills of the Central MT mountains.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1300586. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.