A spring storm system brought snow to portions of northern Arizona. Some areas received snow advisory amounts or less.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.
A spring storm system brought snow to portions of northern Arizona. Some areas received snow advisory amounts or less. A few areas received heavy snow amounts.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Tsaile received 8.2 inches of snow (1.02 liquid) overnight and into the morning hours. A trained spotter 8 miles ENE of Chinle reported 5.5 inches of snow at 6400 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, April 2016
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: 628865.