Colorado, 2000

Heavy Snow in Colorado, November 10 to 11, 2000

November 10 to 11, 2000 · NWS PUB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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The toll

Deaths
0
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.

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Eastern San Juan Mountains

When
November 10, 9:00 AM MST to November 11, 8:00 AM 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)

A slow moving upper level disturbance moving across the area brought a moist air flow...which produced significant snow amounts in parts of the eastern San Juan mountains. Twenty four inches of snow fell at the summit of Wolf Creek Pass in Mineral county...and 12 inches accumulated at Platoro in Conejos county. Ten inches was logged around South Fork in Rio Grande county. Two to 4 inches of snow fell in the rest of the southern mountains of Colorado and in parts of the adjacent plains.

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5160882.