Western Cherry storm history

Northwest winds of 35 to 45 mph with gusts to as high as 75 mph were common across western Cherry County during the evening hours on December 17th through the morning hours on December 18th. The strongest winds occurred during the evening hours on December 17th. A mesonet site 40…

Northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts as high as 60 mph were common across western Cherry County during the mid afternoon hours into the mid evening hours. A mesonet site 21 miles south of Merriman recorded a peak wind gust of 60 mph at 600 pm MST, and a mesonet site 6 miles…

Northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 60 mph were common across western Cherry County during the morning hours into the early afternoon hours. A mesonet site 13 miles west northwest of Merritt Reservoir recorded the highest peak wind gust of 63 mph at 849 am MST.

Over north central and northwestern Cherry County, severe (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) drought by the end of May. The cooperative observer at Kilgore 1NE reported 4.98 inches of precipitation for the month.

Across far northwestern portions of western Cherry County, extreme (D3) drought conditions improved to severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of April. Over west central and southwestern portions of Cherry County, extreme (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) droug…

Across western Cherry County, a long duration of dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the early morning hours on January 18th through the early morning hours on February 20th. Although winds remained generally light throughout the event, winds combined t…

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across most of western Cherry County through the end of February. Across far northwestern portions of western Cherry County, extreme (D3) drought conditions continued through the end of the month.

Across western Cherry County, dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the morning hours on January 20th through the early morning hours on January 21st. Northwesterly winds of 20 to 30 mph during the morning into the afternoon hours on January 20th produced…

A fire started near the Spike Box Ranch on January 16th. The fire start was a result of the combination of strong winds and powerlines. By the time the fire was extinguished on January 17th, 1500 acres of grass was consumed along with utility poles. No injuries or structural dama…

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across most of western Cherry County through the end of January. Across far northwestern portions of western Cherry County, extreme (D3) drought conditions continued through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Kilgore 1NE rep…

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across most of western Cherry County through the end of December. Across far northwestern portions of western Cherry County, severe (D2) drought conditions, expanded to extreme (D3) drought conditions by the end of the month. The cooperati…

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of November across central and western Cherry County. The cooperative observer at Kilgore 1NE reported 1.31 inches of precipitation for November. the cooperative observer at Mullen 22N reported 1.43 inches of precipitation …

Moderate (D1) drought conditions deteriorated to severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of October over all of western and central Cherry County. The cooperative observer at Kilgore 1NE reported 0.01 inches of precipitation for October. the cooperative observer at Mullen 22N r…

Across Western Cherry County, a long duration of dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the evening hours on January 12th through the morning hours on January 16th. Northerly winds as high as 20 to 35 mph occurred at times during the event. The winds combi…

Moderate (D1) drought conditions improved go abnormally dry (D0) conditions over most of western Cherry County by the end of May. Across south central and central Cherry County, severe (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) drought by the end of the month.

Fire started in the McCann Canyon area approximately 10 miles south of Kilgore. Known as the McCann fire and aided by strong southerly winds, the fire raced 8 miles to the north approaching the town of Kilgore late Tuesday April 11th. The town of Kilgore was evacuated as a precau…

Moderate (D1) drought conditions continued over most of western Cherry County through the end of April. Across south central and central Cherry County, severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month.

Moderate (D1) drought conditions continued over most of western Cherry County through the end of March. Across south central and central Cherry County, severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month.

Across western Cherry County, a long duration of dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the early morning hours on February 22nd until the morning hours on February 24th. Northerly winds as high as 20 to 35 mph occurred during the first half of the event. …

A CoCoRaHS observer located 8 miles south of Cody reported 7 inches of snowfall. Snowfall amounts across western Cherry County ranged from 6 to 8 inches. Northerly winds of 25 to 35 mph caused considerable blowing and drifting.

Severe (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) drought conditions over most of western Cherry County by the end of February. Across south central Cherry County, severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month.

General public located 20 miles southwest of Merritt Reservoir reported 9 inches of snowfall. Snowfall across western Cherry County ranged from 5 to 10 inches. Northerly winds of 15 to 25 mph caused blowing and drifting.

General public reported 9 inches of snowfall 22 miles south southwest of Merritt Reservoir. Total snowfall amounts across western Cherry County ranged from 8 to 15 inches. Northwest wind gusting to 30 mph caused blowing and drifting. Most roads became closed during the event.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over all of western Cherry County through the end of January. The exception was over far western Cherry County where moderate (D1) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month.

Across western Cherry County, a long duration of dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the early afternoon hours on January 21st and continued until the early morning hours on January 24th. Northerly winds as high as 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 50 m…

Blizzard conditions occurred across western Cherry County as northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph caused widespread blowing and drifting and visibility of a quarter mile or less at times. Snowfall amounts ranged from 8 to 14 inches. General public reported 12 inch…

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over south central, southwestern, central and north central portions of Cherry county in December. Across far western Cherry county, moderate (D1) drought conditions persisted. Across a small portion of northwestern Cherry county, extreme …

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over south central, southwestern, central and north central portions of Cherry county in November. Across far western Cherry county, moderate (D1) drought conditions persisted. Across a small portion of northwestern Cherry county, extreme …

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over south central, southwestern, central and north central portions of Cherry county in October. Across far western Cherry county, moderate (D1) drought conditions persisted. Across a small portion of northwestern Cherry county, moderate …

Severe (D2) drought conditions expanded into south central, southwestern, central and north central portions of Cherry county in September. Across far western and portions of northwestern Cherry county, moderate (D1) drought conditions persisted. Across a small portion of northwe…

Temperatures to around 10 below zero combined with north winds of 20 to 30 mph to produce dangerous wind chills from 30 below to near 40 below zero across western Cherry County. The nearby Gordon AWOS site recorded dangerous wind chills as low as 38 below zero during the early mo…

The nearby Valentine ASOS recorded a peak wind gust of 61 mph at 429 pm MST. These high winds were common across western Cherry County during the mid afternoon to early evening hours.

A Cooperative Observer located near Kilgore measured 8 inches of snowfall. Snowfall amounts from 8 to 10 inches occurred across the northern half of western Cherry County. Winds were northeasterly at 10 to 15 mph, which limited blowing and drifting.

A Cooperative Observer located 1 mile northeast of Kilgore reported 7 inches of snowfall. East northeast winds of 20 to 35 mph combined with moderate to heavy snowfall to produce winter storm conditions across western Cherry County beginning during the afternoon continuing into t…

A RAWS site located 13 miles west northwest of Merritt Dam recorded a lowest wind chill value of 36 below at 649 am on February 15th. Wind chills values of 30 below to 40 below were common across western Cherry County during the late evening hours February 14th, through early to …

The nearby Valentine ASOS recorded a gust of 70 mph at 801 pm MST, December 13th as a cold front moved through. A 70 mph gust was also recorded at 749 pm MST, December 13th, at a mesonet site located 13 miles west of Merritt Reservoir in western Cherry County. Across western Cher…

Northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph gusted to as high as 62 mph at a mesonet site located 29 miles south of Merriman at 1054 am MST. Winds of this magnitude were common across western Cherry County during the morning to mid afternoon hours.

General public located 32 miles south of Merriman reported 9 inches of snowfall. Snowfall amounts from 4 to 9 inches were common across western Cherry County. North winds ranged as high as 15 to 25 mph at times and caused minor blowing and drifting with visibility as low as a hal…

A RAWS site located 13 miles west northwest of Merritt Dam recorded a minimum temperature of 24 degrees. Low temperatures in the mid 20s were common throughout western Cherry County.

General public located near Merritt Reservoir reported 7 inches of snowfall. Snowfall amounts of 4 to 8 inches were common across the southeastern half of western Cherry County. North winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph caused visibility of 1/4 mile at times with blowing a…

General public located near Merritt Reservoir reported 7 inches of snowfall. Snowfall amounts of 4 to 8 inches were common across the southeastern half of western Cherry County. North winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph caused visibility of 1/4 mile at times with blowing a…

General pubic in Merriman reported 7 inches of snowfall. Snowfall amounts across western Cherry County ranged from 4 to 8 inches. Strong northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 40 mph developed during the afternoon hours on December 28th and continued through the daytime ho…

General public located 6 miles north of Cody reported 6 inches of snowfall. Blizzard conditions began on November 30th and continued through the early morning and morning hours on December 1st. Total snowfall amounts ranged from 4 to 6 inches across western Cherry County. Strong …

General public located 6 miles north of Cody reported 6 inches of snowfall. Blizzard conditions began during the daytime hours on November 30th through the evening hours. Snowfall amounts ranged from 4 to 6 inches across western Cherry County. Strong northwest winds of 30 to 40 m…

A Cooperative observer located 1 mile northeast of Kilgore reported 14 inches of snowfall. Snowfall amounts ranged from 10 to 16 inches across western Cherry County. Northwest winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph caused blowing and drifting with low visibility. Most county …

General public located 35 miles south of Eli reported 10 inches of snowfall with blizzard conditions. Northwest winds gusting to 50 to 60 mph produced snow drifts of 4 to 6 feet across western Cherry County. All area roads became closed.

The Valentine ASOS recorded a lowest wind chill of 30 below during the evening hours on March 3rd, while a mesonet site 13 south of Merritt Reservoir recorded a lowest wind chill of 34 below during the early morning hours March 4th. Wind chill values of 30 below to 35 below were …

The nearby Gordon AWOS recorded a minimum wind chill of 35 below at 1015 pm MST. Wind chill values ranged from 30 below to 35 below between 10 pm MST and midnight MST across western Cherry County.

Temperatures near 5 below combined with northwest winds of 20 to 30 mph to produce dangerous winds chills of 30 to 35 below across western Cherry County during the morning hours on February 7th. A mesonet site located 13 miles west northwest of Merritt Reservoir recorded a minimu…

General public located 45 miles south of Cody reported 14 inches of snowfall. Moderate to heavy snow occurred during the morning into the afternoon hours on December 1st. North winds of 15 to 25 mph caused areas of blowing and drifting snow with visibility frequently reduced to a…