Colorado, 2024Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 9 to 10, 2024
December 9 to 10, 2024 · NWS PUB · 9 events in 9 counties and zones
A quick-moving upper-level wave pushed through Colorado, bringing enough synoptic lift and moisture to bring snowfall to large portions of the area, along with a cold front passing over the eastern plains. This also came with breezy winds and cold temperatures across most of southeast Colorado.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
A quick-moving upper-level wave pushed through Colorado, bringing enough synoptic lift and moisture to bring snowfall to large portions of the area, along with a cold front passing over the eastern plains. This also came with breezy winds and cold temperatures across most of southeast Colorado.
Heavy Snow, Wet Mountains Between 8500 and 10000 Ft
- When
- December 9, 11:00 AM MST to December 10, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Wet Mountains Between 8500 and 10000 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.110, -105.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was 7.0 inches of snow measured.
Heavy Snow, Westcliffe Vicinity / Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft
- When
- December 9, 11:00 AM MST to December 10, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Westcliffe Vicinity / Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 37.897, -105.164 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was 7.0 inches of snow measured.
Heavy Snow, West / Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft
- When
- December 9, 11:00 AM MST to December 10, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- West / Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.473, -105.440 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was 4.9 inches of snow measured.
Heavy Snow, Teller County / Rampart Range Above 7500 Ft / Pikes Peak Between 7500 & 11000 Ft
- When
- December 9, 11:00 AM MST to December 10, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Teller County / Rampart Range Above 7500 Ft / Pikes Peak Between 7500 & 11000 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.729, -105.043 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was 6.3 inches of snow measured.
Heavy Snow, Pueblo Vicinity / Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft
- When
- December 9, 11:00 AM MST to December 10, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Pueblo Vicinity / Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 38.173, -104.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was 4.4 inches of snow measured.
Heavy Snow, Northern El Paso County / Monument Ridge / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft
- When
- December 9, 11:00 AM MST to December 10, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Northern El Paso County / Monument Ridge / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was 5.8 inches of snow measured.
Heavy Snow, Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft
- When
- December 9, 11:00 AM MST to December 10, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was 5.4 inches of snow measured.
Heavy Snow, Canon City Vicinity / Eastern Fremont County
- When
- December 9, 11:00 AM MST to December 10, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Canon City Vicinity / Eastern Fremont County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.488, -105.323 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was 4.0 inches of snow measured.
Heavy Snow, Alamosa Vicinity / Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft
- When
- December 9, 11:00 AM MST to December 10, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Alamosa Vicinity / Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 37.578, -106.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was 3.9 inches of snow measured.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
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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: 1227084, 1227085, 1227086, 1227087, 1227088, 1227089, 1227090, 1227091, 1227092.