Colorado, 2004Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 15 to 16, 2004
December 15 to 16, 2004 · NWS PUB · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
3 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Heavy Snow, Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 & 11000 Ft
- When
- December 15, 5:00 PM MST to December 16, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 & 11000 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.426, -104.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
As two upper level disturbances passed across the region...some heavy snow was reported...with the following amounts in a 6 to 9 hour time frame: 6 inches at Beulah n Pueblo County...7 inches at Walsenburg in Huerfano County...8.5 inches in Rye in Pueblo County...14 inches14 miles south-southeast of Walsenburg...and 17 inches approximately 5 miles southwest of La Veta.
Heavy Snow, Wet Mountains Between 8500 and 10000 Ft
- When
- December 15, 5:00 PM MST to December 16, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Wet Mountains Between 8500 and 10000 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.110, -105.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Walsenburg Vicinity / Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft
- When
- December 15, 5:00 PM MST to December 16, 6:00 AM MST
- Where
- Walsenburg Vicinity / Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.685, -104.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
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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: 5430747, 5430748, 5430749.