Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 6 to 7, 2024

Name: Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 6 to 7, 2024
Start: 2024-01-06T10:00
End: 2024-01-07T22:00
Location: Nevada

January 6 to 7, 2024 · NWS LKN · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

A winter system brought rounds of accumulating snow as a well as breezy winds to the state.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 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: 6

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 LKN wrote it up.

A winter system brought rounds of accumulating snow as a well as breezy winds to the state.

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 Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 5, 1:58 PM PST, 20 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 1:58 PM PST, 20 hours 2 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Humboldt

When: January 6, 10:00 AM PST to January 7, 10:00 PM PST
Where: Humboldt forecast zone
Reported by: SNOTEL
Coordinates: 41.407, -118.112 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Six inches fell at site (BKLN2) Buckskin Lower Snotel, Elevation 6929 feet. This occurred between 1200 on 1/06 and 2100 on 1/07.

Six inches fell at site (GLCN2) Golconda Snotel, Elevation 6615 feet. This occurred between 1300 on 1/06 and 1800 on 1/06.

Seven inches fell at site (GRPN2) Granite Peak Snotel, Elevation 8501 feet. This occurred between 1200 on 1/06 and 1700 on 1/07.

Heavy Snow, N Elko Cnty

When: January 6, 10:00 AM PST to January 7, 10:00 PM PST
Where: N Elko Cnty forecast zone
Reported by: SNOTEL
Coordinates: 41.146, -115.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sixteen inches fell at site (BERN2) Bear Creek Snotel, Elevation 8040 feet. This occurred between 1700 on 1/06 and 1900 on 1/07.

Six inches fell at site (BIGN2) Big Bend Snotel, Elevation 6897 feet. This occurred between 1300 on 1/06 and 1100 on 1/07.

Eight inches fell at site (CMBN2) Columbia Basin Snotel, Elevation 6471 feet. This occurred between 1200 on 1/06 and 0000 on 1/07.

Six inches fell at site (FWCN2) Fawn Creek Snotel, Elevation 6897 feet. This occurred between 1300 on 1/06 and 1500 on 1/07.

Eight inches fell at site (FRYN2) Fry Canyon Snotel, Elevation 6796 feet. This occurred between 1300 on 1/06 and 1500 on 1/07.

Fourteen inches fell at site (JCUN2) Jack Creek Upper Snotel, Elevation 7376 feet. This occurred between 1400 on 1/06 and 1600 on 1/07.

Twelve inches fell at site (JAPN2) Jacks Peak Snotel, Elevation 8422 feet. This occurred between 1400 on 1/06 and 1200 on 1/07.

Six inches fell at site (LADN2) Laurel Draw Snotel, Elevation 6681 feet. This occurred between 1300 on 1/06 and 0800 on 1/07.

Nine inches fell at site (JRGN2) Jarbidge COOP, Elevation 6180 feet. This occurred between 0700 on 1/06 and 0700 on 1/07.

Fourteen inches fell at site (TMJMN2) Toe Jam Snotel, Elevation 7690 feet. This occurred between 1300 on 1/06 and 1700 on 1/07.

Heavy Snow, Ruby Mountains/E Humboldt Range

When: January 6, 10:00 AM PST to January 7, 10:00 PM PST
Where: Ruby Mountains/E Humboldt Range forecast zone
Reported by: SNOTEL
Coordinates: 40.294, -115.130 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Fifteen inches fell at site (COLN2) Corral Canyon Snotel, Elevation 8500 feet. This occurred between 1600 on 1/06 and 2200 on 1/07.

Seventeen inches fell at site (GRMN2) Green Mountain Snotel, Elevation 8184 feet. This occurred between 1200 on 1/06 and 2000 on 1/07.

Fifteen inches fell at site (HIMN2) Hole-In-Mountain Snotel, Elevation 8161 feet. This occurred between 1200 on 1/06 and 2300 on 1/07.

Fourteen inches fell at site (LMLN2) Lamoille #3 Snotel, Elevation 8050 feet. This occurred between 1600 on 1/06 and 0300 on 1/07.

Thirteen inches fell at site (LCUN2) Lamoille Upper Snotel, Elevation 8993 feet. This occurred between 1400 on 1/06 and 0600 on 1/07.

Heavy Snow, N Lander & N Eureka

When: January 6, 1:00 PM PST to January 7, 1:00 AM PST
Where: N Lander & N Eureka forecast zone
Reported by: SNOTEL
Coordinates: 39.959, -116.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Fifteen inches fell at site (LWPN2) Lewis Peak Snotel, Elevation 7357 feet. This occurred between 1300 on 1/06 and 0100 on 1/07.

Heavy Snow, S Lander & S Eureka

When: January 6, 3:00 PM PST to January 7, 2:00 PM PST
Where: S Lander & S Eureka forecast zone
Reported by: SNOTEL
Coordinates: 39.959, -116.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Nine inches fell at site (BCSN2) Big Creek Snotel, Elevation 8684 feet. This occurred between 1500 on 1/06 and 1400 on 1/07.

Heavy Snow, White Pine

When: January 6, 10:00 PM PST to January 7, 6:00 AM PST
Where: White Pine forecast zone
Reported by: SNOTEL
Coordinates: 39.442, -114.902 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sixteen inches fell at site (BERN2) Bear Creek Snotel, Elevation 9100 feet. This occurred between 2200 on 1/06 and 0600 on 1/07.

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

Every storm in Nevada in 2024 Every state in 2024 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, January 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: 1152398, 1152400, 1152404, 1152405, 1152406, 1152409.