Heavy Snow and High Wind in Colorado, April 1, 2025

Name: Heavy Snow and High Wind in Colorado, April 1, 2025
Start: 2025-04-01T00:00
End: 2025-04-01T21:00
Location: Colorado

April 1, 2025 · NWS PUB · 9 events in 9 counties and zones

A shortwave trough over Utah, coupled with an upper jet maximum over Colorado, resulted in several days of strong winds across the region, as well as wind-driven snow over the Continental Divide.

Where it happened

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The toll

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.

A shortwave trough over Utah, coupled with an upper jet maximum over Colorado, resulted in several days of strong winds across the region, as well as wind-driven snow over the Continental Divide.

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 Mar 31, 10:03 PM MST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 10:03 PM MST, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Event by event

7 high wind, 2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Leadville Vicinity / Lake County Below 11000 Ft

When: April 1, 12:00 AM MST to 9:00 PM MST
Where: Leadville Vicinity / Lake County Below 11000 Ft forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.202, -106.345 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 6.6 inches of snow measured.

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

When: April 1, 12:00 AM MST to 9:00 PM MST
Where: Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 3.0 inches of snow measured.

High Wind, Walsenburg Vicinity / Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft

When: April 1, 3:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
Where: Walsenburg Vicinity / Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 37.685, -104.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was a 60 mph wind gust measured.

High Wind, Trinidad Vicinity / Lower Huerfano River Basin & Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft

When: April 1, 3:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
Where: Trinidad Vicinity / Lower Huerfano River Basin & Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 37.316, -104.039 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was a 62 mph wind gust measured.

High Wind, Springfield Vicinity / Baca County

When: April 1, 3:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
Where: Springfield Vicinity / Baca County forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.319, -102.560 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was a 58 mph wind gust measured at the SPD ASOS.

High Wind, Lamar Vicinity / Prowers County

When: April 1, 3:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
Where: Lamar Vicinity / Prowers County forecast zone
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.955, -102.393 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was a 69 mph wind gust measured at the LAA ASOS.

High Wind, La Junta Vicinity / Otero County

When: April 1, 3:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
Where: La Junta Vicinity / Otero County forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 37.903, -103.716 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was a 64 mph wind gust measured.

High Wind, Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft

When: April 1, 3:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
Where: Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 63 kt (72 mph) measured gust
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 37.484, -106.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was a 72 mph wind gust measured.

High Wind, Alamosa Vicinity / Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft

When: April 1, 3:00 AM MST to 7:00 PM MST
Where: Alamosa Vicinity / Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft forecast zone
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.578, -106.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was a 61 mph wind gust measured at the ALS ASOS.

What these are

Heavy Snow: Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Colorado in 2025 Every state in 2025 This day in weather history Warnings in Colorado, April 2025

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: 1257929, 1257930, 1257919, 1257920, 1257921, 1257922, 1257923, 1257924, 1257925.