Heavy Snow in Arizona, March 29 to 30, 1998

Name: Heavy Snow in Arizona, March 29 to 30, 1998
Start: 1998-03-29T18:00
End: 1998-03-30T03:00
Location: Arizona

March 29 to 30, 1998 · NWS PSR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

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.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, S Gila/Ne Maricopa/X N Pinal

When: March 29, 6:00 PM MST to March 30, 3:00 AM MST
Where: S Gila/Ne Maricopa/X N Pinal forecast zone

A strong winter-like storm dumped heavy snow over portions of far northeast Maricopa County and southern Gila County. Between 6 pm and 845 pm MST on the 29th, about 3 inches of snow fell across the far west portion of the Tonto National Forest Foothills, near the 4000 foot elevation. Total snowfall ranged from 3 to 5 inches above 5000 feet and 2 to 4 inches below 5000 feet. Snow was reported at elevations down to 2000 feet.

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

Every storm in Arizona in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Arizona, March 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: 5642015.