Heavy Snow, Grand Canyon Country
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Grand Canyon Country forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.839, -111.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Arizona, January 1, 2000
The first significant snowfall of the season moved across northern Arizona on New Years Day. Some of snowfall totals include: Mormon Lake 6 inches, Grand Canyon-South Rim 5 inches, Bellemont 4 inches, Flagstaff Airport 3 inches, Munds Park 3 inches, and Williams 3 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 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 FGZ wrote it up.
The first significant snowfall of the season moved across northern Arizona on New Years Day. Some of snowfall totals include: Mormon Lake 6 inches, Grand Canyon-South Rim 5 inches, Bellemont 4 inches, Flagstaff Airport 3 inches, Munds Park 3 inches, and Williams 3 inches. This ended a record period of time without measureable precipitation in many locations.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Western Mogollon Rim
- When
- January 1, 12:30 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Western Mogollon Rim forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.839, -111.770 (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
- Winter Storm in Utah, January 1 to 3, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, January 1, 2000
- Drought in New Mexico, January 1 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 1 to 2, 2000
- Drought in Hawaii, January 1 to 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 1, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 1 to 2, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, January 1, 2000
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 1 to 2, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 1 to 2, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 1 to 2, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 1 to 3, 2000
More
Every storm in Arizona in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, January 2000
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: 5130479, 5130478.