Heavy Snow in Arizona, January 3, 2004

Name: Heavy Snow in Arizona, January 3, 2004
Start: 2004-01-03T06:00
End: 2004-01-03T16:00
Location: Arizona

January 3, 2004 · NWS FGZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 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: 1

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Kaibab Plateau

When: January 3, 6:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
Where: Kaibab Plateau forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.839, -111.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A winter storm brought heavy snow to the Kaibab Plateau from the first to the third of January. Local storm totals exceeded fifteen inches. The heaviest snow fell during the day on the second. Eight inches of snow fell at Jacob Lake (7900 feet) between 600 AM and noon. The snow was falling at a rate of 2 1/2 inches an hour during the mid morning.

What these are

Heavy Snow: Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arizona in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Arizona, January 2004

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: 5383795.