Arizona, 2019

Heavy Snow in Arizona, December 27 to 28, 2019

December 27 to 28, 2019 · NWS FGZ · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Heavy snow to fell across eastern Arizona Friday and Saturday as an area of low pressure move eastward across the state.

Where it happened

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.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.

Heavy snow to fell across eastern Arizona Friday and Saturday as an area of low pressure move eastward across the state.

The radar

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Event by event

3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, White Mountains

When
December 27, 1:00 PM MST to December 28, 9:00 PM MST
Where
White Mountains forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
35.398, -109.905 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snow began to fall again on during the afternoon of December 27. New snowfall totals by the evening of December 28 (in inches) were: Pinetop-Lakeside 6-8, Show Low 4-6, and |Shumway (just north of this zone) 8.

Heavy Snow, Little Colorado River Valley in Navajo County

When
December 27, 1:00 PM MST to December 28, 6:00 PM MST
Where
Little Colorado River Valley in Navajo County forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
35.400, -110.321 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snow began to fall again on during the afternoon of December 27. Shumway received 8 inches of new snow by mid afternoon on December 28.

Heavy Snow, Eastern Mogollon Rim

When
December 27, 1:00 PM MST to December 28, 6:00 PM MST
Where
Eastern Mogollon Rim forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
35.620, -111.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Forest Lakes received an additional 8 inches of snow.

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 868709, 868713, 868715.