Colorado, 2005Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 18, 2005
December 18, 2005 · NWS PUB · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
and around Leadville. with amounts up to 8 inches in the surrounding high country.
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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.
An upper level disturbance produced some heavy snow amounts in the upper elevations of the Mosquito and Sawatch Ranges...and around Leadville. Leadville picked up around 4 to 5 inches of snow...with amounts up to 8 inches in the surrounding high country.
Heavy Snow, Leadville Vicinity / Lake County Below 11000 Ft
- When
- December 18, 10:00 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Leadville Vicinity / Lake County Below 11000 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.202, -106.345 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Eastern Lake County / Western Mosquito Range Above 11000 Ft
- When
- December 18, 10:00 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Lake County / Western Mosquito Range Above 11000 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 39.202, -106.345 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Ft
- When
- December 18, 10:00 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 38.677, -106.274 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Cold in Illinois, December 18 to 22, 20054 deaths · 1 event
- Strong Wind in Hawaii, December 18, 20051 death · 1 injured · 1 event
- Cold in Wisconsin, December 18 to 19, 200520 events
- High Wind in Washington, December 18, 2005$20,000 · 58 kt wind · 2 events
- High Wind in Oregon, December 18 to 20, 200576 kt wind · 14 events
- High Wind in Oregon, December 18, 2005$15,000 · 58 kt wind · 2 events
- Winter Weather in Oregon, December 18 to 20, 20057 events
- Winter Weather in Colorado, December 18 to 20, 20054 events
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 18 to 19, 20054 events
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 18 to 19, 20053 events
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, December 18 to 20, 20052 events
- High Wind in Hawaii, December 18 to 19, 200553 kt wind · 2 events
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: 5483347, 5483348, 5483349.