Heavy Snow, Cimarron
- When
- January 30, 6:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cimarron forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.748, -102.518 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 30 to 31, 2005
A low pressure system in the upper atmosphere over the southwestern states moved east across the western and central Oklahoma panhandle and combined with a cold and moist air mass to produce heavy snow. Snowfall amounts included six to seven inches in Boise city and four inches in Guymon.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 AMA wrote it up.
A low pressure system in the upper atmosphere over the southwestern states moved east across the western and central Oklahoma panhandle and combined with a cold and moist air mass to produce heavy snow. Snowfall amounts included six to seven inches in Boise city and four inches in Guymon.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Texas
- When
- January 30, 6:00 PM CST to January 31, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Texas forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.748, -101.490 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 30 to 31, 2005
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 30, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 30 to 31, 2005
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 30, 2005
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 30, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Texas, January 30 to 31, 2005
- Winter Storm in New Mexico, January 30 to 31, 2005
- Hail in Texas, January 30, 2005
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 30 to 31, 2005
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, January 30, 2005
- Ice Storm in Maryland, January 30, 2005
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, January 30, 2005
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, January 2005
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: 5437873, 5437874.