Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 30 to 31, 2005

Name: Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 30 to 31, 2005
Start: 2005-01-30T15:00
End: 2005-01-31T18:00
Location: Kansas

January 30 to 31, 2005 · NWS DDC · 20 events in 20 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 20 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 20

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS DDC wrote it up.

A significant winter storm crossed west to east just to the south of DDC's CWA during Sunday, January 30th and early Monday, January 31st. Frontogenesis began just south of Dodge City during Sunday evening, allowing convergence and enhanced snowfall amounts. Many school closings occurred through the southern part of DDC's CWA Monday. Additionally, there were scattered reports of automobile accidents, but no injuries reported. By Monday morning, 17 inches of snow was reported 4 miles southwest of Minneola in northwestern Clark County. From 12 to 16 inches of snow fell in a 30-mile wide band, oriented west to east from northwestern Meade County to northeastern Clark County. A 10 to 25-mile wide area of 9 to 12 inches surrounded the higher amounts, and stretched from extreme eastern Grant County to central Kiowa County. A swath of 6 to 9 inches of snowfall fell from eastern Stafford County to northwestern Morton County. On either side (N and S) of these higher amounts, a 10 to 25-mile wide band of 3 to 6 inch snow amounts fell, with also a narrow band of 1 to 3-inch snowfall amounts on the edges of the snow band. One aspect that was unusual with this storm is that there was very little wind. There were reports of six inches of snow piled on top of barb wire fence!

The radar

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Event by event

20 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Barber

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Barber forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.229, -98.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Clark

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Clark forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.236, -99.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Comanche

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Comanche forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.191, -99.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Edwards

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Edwards forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.888, -99.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Finney

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Finney forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Ford

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Ford forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Grant

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Grant forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.562, -101.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Gray

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Gray forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.738, -100.438 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hamilton

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Hamilton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.999, -101.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Haskell

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Haskell forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.562, -100.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hodgeman

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Hodgeman forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.088, -99.898 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Kearny

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Kearny forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.000, -101.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Meade

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Meade forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.238, -100.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Morton

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Morton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.191, -101.799 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Pawnee

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Pawnee forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.181, -99.237 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Pratt

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Pratt forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.648, -98.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Seward

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Seward forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.193, -100.851 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Stafford

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Stafford forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.031, -98.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Stanton

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Stanton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.563, -101.784 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Stevens

When: January 30, 3:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Stevens forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.192, -101.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5439041, 5439042, 5439043, 5439044, 5439045, 5439046, 5439047, 5439048, 5439049, 5439050, 5439051, 5439052, 5439053, 5439054, 5439055, 5439056, 5439057, 5439058, 5439059, 5439060.