Colorado, 1997Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 2 to 3, 1997
December 2 to 3, 1997 · NWS BOU · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
Open the live radar over this ground
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Heavy Snow, Southern Front Range Foothills/Clear Creek Basin / W Jefferson / Ne Park / E Clear Creek / Se Gilpin / Sw Douglas
- When
- December 2, 8:00 AM MST to December 3, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Southern Front Range Foothills/Clear Creek Basin / W Jefferson / Ne Park / E Clear Creek / Se Gilpin / Sw Douglas forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.516, -105.413 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Conifer received 10 inches of new snowfall.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Dense Fog in Nebraska, December 2, 19971 injured · $45,000 · 1 event
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, December 2, 199751 kt wind · 22 events
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 2 to 3, 199712 events
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 2 to 3, 19978 events
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, December 2, 19977 events
- Winter Storm in Kansas, December 2 to 3, 19976 events
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, December 2 to 3, 19976 events
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 2 to 3, 19975 events
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, December 2, 19973 events
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, December 2, 19972 events
- High Wind in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 19972 events
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 2 to 4, 19972 events
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5620068.