Arizona, 1998

Heavy Snow in Arizona, February 15, 1998

February 15, 1998 · NWS TWC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A Pacific storm brought heavy snow to the mountains with Mount Lemmon picking up 14 inches of new snow and Hannagan Meadow 10 inches of new snow.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS TWC wrote it up.

A Pacific storm brought heavy snow to the mountains with Mount Lemmon picking up 14 inches of new snow and Hannagan Meadow 10 inches of new snow.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, E Pima

When
February 15, 4:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
Where
E Pima forecast zone

Heavy Snow, Northern Greenlee

When
February 15, 5:00 AM MST to 1:00 PM MST
Where
Northern Greenlee forecast zone

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Arizona in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, February 1998

Sources

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5631566, 5631567.