Colorado, 2000

Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 22, 2000

March 22, 2000 · NWS PUB · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

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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.

The radar

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Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Eastern San Juan Mountains

When
March 22, 12:00 PM MST to 11:00 PM MST
Where
Eastern San Juan Mountains forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
38.747, -106.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An upper storm system that caused earlier heavier snows over southern Colorado on March 20th and March 21st, moved across portions of far southern Arizona and southern New Mexico by March 22nd, however the storm still had enough energy to cause isolated heavy snow amounts over portions of the southern Colorado mountains. Cuchara, in Huerfano county, received 8 inches of snow while Santa Maria reservoir in Mineral county also accumulated an additional 8 inches of snow.

Heavy Snow, Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains

When
March 22, 2:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
37.778, -106.530 (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.

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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: 5138363, 5138364.