Colorado, 1998Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 6 to 7, 1998
March 6 to 7, 1998 · NWS BOU · 7 events in 7 counties and zones
Heavy snow fell in portions of the Front Range Foothills and adjacent plains. 5 inches at Broomfield, 8 inches at Bailey with 7 inches 4 miles north of Fort Collins, North Thornton and at Standley Lake.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
Heavy snow fell in portions of the Front Range Foothills and adjacent plains. Snowfall totals included: 11 inches near the Chief Hosa Exit, 10 inches 3 miles west of Evergreen, 8.5 inches at Broomfield, 8 inches at Bailey with 7 inches 4 miles north of Fort Collins, North Thornton and at Standley Lake. Elsewhere snowfall totals ranged from 3 to 6 inches. Several accidents occurred along area roads and highways as they became snowpacked and slick.
Heavy Snow, Northern Front Range Foothills/Upper Laramie and Cache la Poudre River Basins
- When
- March 6, 5:00 PM MST to March 7, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Front Range Foothills/Upper Laramie and Cache la Poudre River Basins forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.380, -105.410 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Front Range Foothills/Clear Creek Basin
- When
- March 6, 5:00 PM MST to March 7, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Front Range Foothills/Clear Creek Basin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.516, -105.413 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Eastern Larimer and Northwestern Weld Counties
- When
- March 6, 5:00 PM MST to March 7, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Larimer and Northwestern Weld Counties forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.611, -104.926 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Eastern Boulder County/Boulder and Vicinity
- When
- March 6, 5:00 PM MST to March 7, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Boulder County/Boulder and Vicinity forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.878, -105.220 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Denver Metropolitan Area
- When
- March 6, 11:00 PM MST to March 7, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Denver Metropolitan Area forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.714, -104.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Eastern Douglas and Western Elbert Counties/Castle Rock and Vicinity
- When
- March 6, 11:00 PM MST to March 7, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Douglas and Western Elbert Counties/Castle Rock and Vicinity forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.422, -104.468 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Weld County/Greeley and Vicinity
- When
- March 6, 11:00 PM MST to March 7, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Weld County/Greeley and Vicinity forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.555, -104.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- 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.
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, March 6 to 7, 199819 injured · $65,000 · 6 events
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 6 to 7, 19984 injured · $49,000 · 8 events
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 6 to 8, 19982 injured · $15,000 · 26 events
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 6 to 7, 199810 events
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 6 to 7, 19987 events
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 6 to 7, 19986 events
- Frost and Freeze in California, March 6, 19984 events
- Winter Storm in Arizona, March 6 to 7, 19984 events
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 6 to 7, 19981 in hail · 4 events
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 6 to 7, 19984 events
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, March 6 to 7, 19983 events
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 6, 19982 events
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: 5638628, 5638688, 5638689, 5638690, 5638691, 5638692, 5638693.