Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 6 to 9, 2024

Name: Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 6 to 9, 2024
Start: 2024-02-06T12:00
End: 2024-02-09T10:43
Location: Colorado

February 6 to 9, 2024 · NWS PUB · 17 events in 12 counties and zones

An upper level low moved onshore in the Pacific Northwest and then slid eastward. This ramped up snow across the Rocky Mountains and adjacent areas.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 17 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: 17

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 PUB wrote it up.

An upper level low moved onshore in the Pacific Northwest and then slid eastward. This ramped up snow across the Rocky Mountains and adjacent areas.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 6, 10:32 AM MST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 10:32 AM MST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

17 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Upper Rio Grande Valley / Eastern San Juan Mountains Below 10000 Ft

When: February 6, 12:00 PM MST to February 8, 5:00 PM MST
Where: Upper Rio Grande Valley / Eastern San Juan Mountains Below 10000 Ft forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.484, -106.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 7.3 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Teller County / Rampart Range Above 7500 Ft / Pikes Peak Between 7500 & 11000 Ft

When: February 6, 12:00 PM MST to February 8, 5:00 PM MST
Where: Teller County / Rampart Range Above 7500 Ft / Pikes Peak Between 7500 & 11000 Ft forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.729, -105.043 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 4.0 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Ft

When: February 6, 12:00 PM MST to February 8, 5:00 PM MST
Where: Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Ft forecast zone
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 38.677, -106.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 7.0 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft

When: February 6, 5:02 PM MST to February 9, 5:00 AM MST
Where: Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft forecast zone
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 37.484, -106.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 42.0 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 & 11000 Ft

When: February 7, 7:00 AM MST to February 9, 7:00 AM MST
Where: Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 & 11000 Ft forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 37.426, -104.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 4.0 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Leadville Vicinity / Lake County Below 11000 Ft

When: February 7, 7:00 AM MST to February 9, 7:00 AM MST
Where: Leadville Vicinity / Lake County Below 11000 Ft forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 39.202, -106.345 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 1.2 inches of snow that fell.

Heavy Snow, Del Norte Vicinity / Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft

When: February 7, 7:00 AM MST to February 9, 7:00 AM MST
Where: Del Norte Vicinity / Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 37.832, -106.332 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 1.4 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Ft

When: February 7, 7:00 AM MST to February 9, 7:00 AM MST
Where: Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Ft forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 38.747, -106.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 1.2 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Canon City Vicinity / Eastern Fremont County

When: February 7, 7:20 AM MST to February 9, 7:20 AM MST
Where: Canon City Vicinity / Eastern Fremont County forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 38.488, -105.323 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 1.4 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Westcliffe Vicinity / Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft

When: February 7, 8:00 AM MST to February 9, 8:00 AM MST
Where: Westcliffe Vicinity / Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 37.897, -105.164 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 1.7 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Pueblo Vicinity / Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft

When: February 7, 9:52 AM MST to February 9, 9:52 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 1.2 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft

When: February 7, 10:43 AM MST to February 9, 10:43 AM MST
Where: Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 1.3 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Westcliffe Vicinity / Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft

When: February 7, 12:24 PM 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 1.5 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft

When: February 7, 2:02 PM MST
Where: Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft forecast zone
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 37.484, -106.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 21.0 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft

When: February 8, 6:02 AM MST
Where: Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft forecast zone
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 37.484, -106.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 28.0 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Teller County / Rampart Range Above 7500 Ft / Pikes Peak Between 7500 & 11000 Ft

When: February 9, 7:00 AM MST
Where: Teller County / Rampart Range Above 7500 Ft / Pikes Peak Between 7500 & 11000 Ft forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 38.729, -105.043 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 1.0 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Upper Rio Grande Valley / Eastern San Juan Mountains Below 10000 Ft

When: February 9, 9:23 AM MST
Where: Upper Rio Grande Valley / Eastern San Juan Mountains Below 10000 Ft forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.484, -106.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 1.0 inches of snow measured.

What these are

Heavy Snow: Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Colorado in 2024 Every state in 2024 This day in weather history Warnings in Colorado, February 2024

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: 1165016, 1165017, 1165019, 1165028, 1165025, 1165027, 1165029, 1165031, 1165032, 1165022, 1165026, 1165030, 1165015, 1165018, 1165020, 1165024, 1165023.