Snow event in United States, 21 to 28 October 2022

Name: Snow event in United States, 21 to 28 October 2022
Start: 2022-10-21
End: 2022-10-28
Location: United States

Snow event in United States, 21 to 28 October 2022: 178 records at 121 stations, peak on 23 October 2022. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Key Facts

Snow event in United States, 21 to 28 October 2022 set or tied 178 station records at 121 stations.
It ran from 21 October 2022 to 28 October 2022 (8 days) and its peak day was 23 October 2022.
Status: closed.
Kamas set a daily record snow depth of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 23 October 2022.
The busiest day was 23 October 2022 with 74 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 144 years.

Footprint

21 to 28 October 2022

The area covered by Snow event in United States, 21 to 28 October 2022 is outlined, with 16 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Snow event in United States, 21 to 28 October 2022: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Kamas	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2022-10-23
Ennis	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	2022-10-23
Fairfield	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2022-10-23
Ely AP	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	2022-10-22
Rangely 1E	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	2022-10-27
Wamsutter	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2022-10-26
Bredette	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2022-10-24
Vernal	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2022-10-23
Lindsay	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2022-10-24
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2022-10-23
Terry	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2022-10-24
Arthur 4NW	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2022-10-21
Boulder	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2022-10-23
Crosby	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2022-10-24
McGill	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2022-10-23
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	2022-10-24

Records per Day

Peak day 74

Records set or tied each day from 21 October 2022 to 28 October 2022. The most in one day was 74 on 23 October 2022.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Snow event in United States, 21 to 28 October 2022 ranked by margin
Kamas, 10-23	17.8 cm (7.0 in)
Ennis, 10-23	15.5 cm (6.1 in)
Terry, 10-24	10.2 cm (4.0 in)
Rangely 1E, 10-27	8.9 cm (3.5 in)
Ely AP, 10-23	7.9 cm (3.1 in)
Bredette, 10-24	7.7 cm (3.0 in)
Fairfield, 10-23	7.6 cm (3.0 in)
McGill, 10-23	7.6 cm (3.0 in)
Ely AP, 10-22	7.2 cm (2.8 in)
Wamsutter, 10-26	5.1 cm (2.0 in)
Lindsay, 10-24	5.1 cm (2.0 in)
Vernal, 10-23	5.1 cm (2.0 in)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV, 10-23	5.1 cm (2.0 in)
Boulder, 10-23	5.1 cm (2.0 in)
Lindsay, 10-24	5.1 cm (2.0 in)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

178 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Snow event in United States, 21 to 28 October 2022
Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
178	73
155	80
76	95
89	126
72	122
51	124
77	68
51	107
51	120
51	109
46	116
51	107
102	72
79	68
38	126
38	101
51	73
76	93
51	116
26	104
25	124
51	73
89	69
101	47
25	124
36	92
25	113
51	93
51	83
10	100
228	52
26	111
25	103
8	108
8	126
38	79
5	144
3	107
25	93
25	93
101	68
25	73
76	73
140	36
5	99
51	64
30	83
76	30
13	88
39	71
102	69
101	68
3	91
77	40
61	55
41	68
97	41
51	64
12	76
76	49
102	36
51	47
8	85
71	65
25	73
51	47
51	72
25	73
26	68
25	72
38	64
25	64
25	69
44	47
64	47
25	68
3	83
38	60
25	73
12	68
12	71
51	67
25	72
25	64
13	72
127	1
26	60
51	59
25	72
51	60
114	1
51	3
25	69
25	68
38	44
13	67
127	27
13	64
86	1
38	45
5	67
56	44
13	60
25	61
51	43
25	56
18	47
51	41
26	47
7	52
25	57
17	47
13	47
25	48
25	56
5	47
33	40
25	45
51	35
76	41
88	3
25	44
25	47
3	56
2	37
26	31
51	43
77	9
26	41
51	41
25	43
51	31
51	24
5	45
3	51
69	9
25	39
18	45
38	25
40	31
26	20
40	9
8	45
25	44
25	37
18	37
61	20
38	12
50	9
51	36
51	35
5	44
25	43
25	31
20	35
13	31
25	39
25	39
25	39
15	25
88	3
5	20
25	36
26	1
43	1
10	9
18	29
25	1
25	9
51	1
25	20
38	3
26	3
3	12
50	1
26	1
13	9
25	1

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Snow event in United States, 21 to 28 October 2022 compared with similar events
Snow event in United States, 3 to 27 January 2024	2,190 records
Snow event in United States, 24 November to 22 December 2025	1,539 records
Snow event in United States, 9 to 29 April 2022	1,475 records
Snow event in United States, 27 September to 17 October 2018	1,247 records
Snow event in United States, 26 September to 23 October 2019	1,194 records
Snow event in United States, 21 to 28 October 2022 (this event)	178 records

Every Record Set

20 of 178

Every record set or tied during Snow event in United States, 21 to 28 October 2022, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2022-10-21	Arthur 4NW	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	101	47 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-22	Ely AP	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	122	57 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-23	Kamas	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	73	64 of 100 (Major)
2022-10-23	Ennis	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	80	58 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-23	Fairfield	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	95	58 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-23	Vernal	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	120	50 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-23	Bozeman Montana State UNIV	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	109	49 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-23	Ely AP	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	68	48 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-23	Boulder	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	73	46 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-23	McGill	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	93	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-24	Bredette	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	68	51 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-24	Lindsay	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	107	50 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-24	Terry	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	72	48 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-24	Crosby	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	104	45 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-24	Rangely 1E	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	126	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-24	Lindsay	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	107	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-24	Gran Quivira Natl Mon	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	116	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-24	Gran Quivira Natl Mon	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	116	20 of 100 (Routine)
2022-10-26	Wamsutter	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	124	52 of 100 (Notable)
2022-10-27	Rangely 1E	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	126	57 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 178 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
178	73
155	80
76	95
89	126
72	122
51	124
77	68
51	107
51	120
51	109
46	116
51	107
102	72
79	68
38	126
38	101
51	73
76	93
51	116
26	104
25	124
51	73
89	69
101	47
25	124
36	92
25	113
51	93
51	83
10	100
228	52
26	111
25	103
8	108
8	126
38	79
5	144
3	107
25	93
25	93
101	68
25	73
76	73
140	36
5	99
51	64
30	83
76	30
13	88
39	71
102	69
101	68
3	91
77	40
61	55
41	68
97	41
51	64
12	76
76	49
102	36
51	47
8	85
71	65
25	73
51	47
51	72
25	73
26	68
25	72
38	64
25	64
25	69
44	47
64	47
25	68
3	83
38	60
25	73
12	68
12	71
51	67
25	72
25	64
13	72
127	1
26	60
51	59
25	72
51	60
114	1
51	3
25	69
25	68
38	44
13	67
127	27
13	64
86	1
38	45
5	67
56	44
13	60
25	61
51	43
25	56
18	47
51	41
26	47
7	52
25	57
17	47
13	47
25	48
25	56
5	47
33	40
25	45
51	35
76	41
88	3
25	44
25	47
3	56
2	37
26	31
51	43
77	9
26	41
51	41
25	43
51	31
51	24
5	45
3	51
69	9
25	39
18	45
38	25
40	31
26	20
40	9
8	45
25	44
25	37
18	37
61	20
38	12
50	9
51	36
51	35
5	44
25	43
25	31
20	35
13	31
25	39
25	39
25	39
15	25
88	3
5	20
25	36
26	1
43	1
10	9
18	29
25	1
25	9
51	1
25	20
38	3
26	3
3	12
50	1
26	1
13	9
25	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
178	73
155	80
76	95
89	126
72	122
51	124
77	68
51	107
51	120
51	109
46	116
51	107
102	72
79	68
38	126
38	101
51	73
76	93
51	116
26	104
25	124
51	73
89	69
101	47
25	124
36	92
25	113
51	93
51	83
10	100
228	52
26	111
25	103
8	108
8	126
38	79
5	144
3	107
25	93
25	93
101	68
25	73
76	73
140	36
5	99
51	64
30	83
76	30
13	88
39	71
102	69
101	68
3	91
77	40
61	55
41	68
97	41
51	64
12	76
76	49
102	36
51	47
8	85
71	65
25	73
51	47
51	72
25	73
26	68
25	72
38	64
25	64
25	69
44	47
64	47
25	68
3	83
38	60
25	73
12	68
12	71
51	67
25	72
25	64
13	72
127	1
26	60
51	59
25	72
51	60
114	1
51	3
25	69
25	68
38	44
13	67
127	27
13	64
86	1
38	45
5	67
56	44
13	60
25	61
51	43
25	56
18	47
51	41
26	47
7	52
25	57
17	47
13	47
25	48
25	56
5	47
33	40
25	45
51	35
76	41
88	3
25	44
25	47
3	56
2	37
26	31
51	43
77	9
26	41
51	41
25	43
51	31
51	24
5	45
3	51
69	9
25	39
18	45
38	25
40	31
26	20
40	9
8	45
25	44
25	37
18	37
61	20
38	12
50	9
51	36
51	35
5	44
25	43
25	31
20	35
13	31
25	39
25	39
25	39
15	25
88	3
5	20
25	36
26	1
43	1
10	9
18	29
25	1
25	9
51	1
25	20
38	3
26	3
3	12
50	1
26	1
13	9
25	1

Margin (mm)	Years the old record stood
178	73
155	80
76	95
89	126
72	122
51	124
77	68
51	107
51	120
51	109
46	116
51	107
102	72
79	68
38	126
38	101
51	73
76	93
51	116
26	104
25	124
51	73
89	69
101	47
25	124
36	92
25	113
51	93
51	83
10	100
228	52
26	111
25	103
8	108
8	126
38	79
5	144
3	107
25	93
25	93
101	68
25	73
76	73
140	36
5	99
51	64
30	83
76	30
13	88
39	71
102	69
101	68
3	91
77	40
61	55
41	68
97	41
51	64
12	76
76	49
102	36
51	47
8	85
71	65
25	73
51	47
51	72
25	73
26	68
25	72
38	64
25	64
25	69
44	47
64	47
25	68
3	83
38	60
25	73
12	68
12	71
51	67
25	72
25	64
13	72
127	1
26	60
51	59
25	72
51	60
114	1
51	3
25	69
25	68
38	44
13	67
127	27
13	64
86	1
38	45
5	67
56	44
13	60
25	61
51	43
25	56
18	47
51	41
26	47
7	52
25	57
17	47
13	47
25	48
25	56
5	47
33	40
25	45
51	35
76	41
88	3
25	44
25	47
3	56
2	37
26	31
51	43
77	9
26	41
51	41
25	43
51	31
51	24
5	45
3	51
69	9
25	39
18	45
38	25
40	31
26	20
40	9
8	45
25	44
25	37
18	37
61	20
38	12
50	9
51	36
51	35
5	44
25	43
25	31
20	35
13	31
25	39
25	39
25	39
15	25
88	3
5	20
25	36
26	1
43	1
10	9
18	29
25	1
25	9
51	1
25	20
38	3
26	3
3	12
50	1
26	1
13	9
25	1