Heavy Snow in Arizona, December 17 to 18, 2002

Name: Heavy Snow in Arizona, December 17 to 18, 2002
Start: 2002-12-17T05:00
End: 2002-12-18T13:00
Location: Arizona

December 17 to 18, 2002 · NWS TWC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Upper Gila River Valley

When: December 17, 5:00 AM MST to December 18, 1:00 PM MST
Where: Upper Gila River Valley forecast zone
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

Arizona department of transportation reported 4 to 6 inches of snow above 6000 feet on Mt Graham at 1100 am on the 17th. By the end of the event, Mt Graham received 12 to 14 inches of snow depending on location.

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

Every storm in Arizona in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Arizona, December 2002

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: 5325125.