Arizona, 1998

Heavy Snow in Arizona, February 24, 1998

February 24, 1998 · NWS TWC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Hannagan Meadow received 14 inches of new snow and Mt. Lemmon 12 inches.

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.

Hannagan Meadow received 14 inches of new snow and Mt. Lemmon 12 inches.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Tucson Metro/Marana/Green Valley

When
February 24, 3:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where
Tucson Metro/Marana/Green Valley forecast zone

Heavy Snow, Northern Greenlee

When
February 24, 4:00 PM MST to 11:00 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: 5629448, 5629449.