Arizona, 2000

Winter Storm in Arizona, March 5 to 6, 2000

March 5 to 6, 2000 · NWS PSR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
1
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 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Southern Gila/Tonto Nf Foothills

When
March 5, 12:00 AM MST to March 6, 6:00 PM MST
Where
Southern Gila/Tonto Nf Foothills forecast zone
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT

Snow accumulated to between 2 and 4 inches in the higher elevations of southern Gila county and northern Maricopa county. A hiker died along the Seven Springs trail, northwest of Bartlett Lake, due to hypothermia.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Winter Storm, Southern Gila/Tonto Nf Foothills2000-03-0530FemaleOutside/Open AreasDirect

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Arizona in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, March 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5134544.