Heavy Snow, Teller County/Rampart Range/Pikes Peak
- When
- March 26, 1:00 PM MST to March 27, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Teller County/Rampart Range/Pikes Peak forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.484, -106.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 26 to 27, 1998
A weather disturbance tracked from southern Nevada across southern Colorado the afternoon and evening of the 26th through the early morning of the 27th, bringing a quick blast of snow to the south central mountains and southeastern foothills. Across the Eastern San Juan mountains, Santa Maria Reservoir in Mineral county received a storm total of 11 inches, while Creede received 8 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
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 PUB wrote it up.
A weather disturbance tracked from southern Nevada across southern Colorado the afternoon and evening of the 26th through the early morning of the 27th, bringing a quick blast of snow to the south central mountains and southeastern foothills. Across the Eastern San Juan mountains, Santa Maria Reservoir in Mineral county received a storm total of 11 inches, while Creede received 8 inches. Across the southeast foothills, Trinidad and Walsenburg received around 6 inches of snow, while Woodland Park in Teller county tallied 4 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Eastern San Juan Mountains
- When
- March 27, 12:00 AM MST to 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Eastern San Juan Mountains forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.747, -106.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Upper Huerfano River Basin/Walsenburg and Vicinity
- When
- March 27, 12:00 AM MST to 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Upper Huerfano River Basin/Walsenburg and Vicinity forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.426, -104.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Upper Purgatoire River Basin/Trinidad and Vicinity
- When
- March 27, 12:00 AM MST to 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Upper Purgatoire River Basin/Trinidad and Vicinity forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.426, -104.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 26, 1998
- High Wind in Texas, March 26, 1998
- Heat in West Virginia, March 26 to 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, March 26, 1998
- High Wind in Kentucky, March 26, 1998
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, March 26, 1998
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 26, 1998
- Heat in Ohio, March 26 to 31, 1998
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, March 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, March 26 to 29, 1998
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, March 26, 1998
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5632620, 5632619, 5632621, 5632622.