Heavy Snow, C Pima
- When
- February 4, 2:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- C Pima forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Arizona, February 4, 1998
A strong pacific storm system brought heavy snow to the mountains above 5000 feet. Snowfall reports include: 26 inches on mount Lemmon, 16 inches on mount Hopkins, 8 inches at Hannagan Meadow, and 6 inches on Kitt Peak.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 strong pacific storm system brought heavy snow to the mountains above 5000 feet. Snowfall reports include: 26 inches on mount Lemmon, 16 inches on mount Hopkins, 8 inches at Hannagan Meadow, and 6 inches on Kitt Peak.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, E Pima
- When
- February 4, 4:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- E Pima forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Santa Cruz County
- When
- February 4, 4:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Santa Cruz County forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Northern Greenlee
- When
- February 4, 5:00 AM MST to 3:00 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
- Coastal Flood in Virginia, February 4 to 6, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in New Jersey, February 4 to 9, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Delaware, February 4 to 9, 1998
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Virginia, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Coastal Flood in Maryland, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Coastal Flood in Maryland, February 4 to 6, 1998
- Flooding in Georgia, February 4 to 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Storm Surge in Ohio, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, February 4 to 6, 1998
- High Wind in Puerto Rico, February 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, February 4 to 5, 1998
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5631565, 5631562, 5631564, 5631563.