Colorado, 2025

Heavy Snow in Colorado, April 4 to 5, 2025

April 4 to 5, 2025 · NWS PUB · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

Behind a departing upper-level jet maximum, a deep upper trough dug in over the Four Corners Region, bringing additional snowfall to much of southeast Colorado.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 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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  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
8

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.

Behind a departing upper-level jet maximum, a deep upper trough dug in over the Four Corners Region, bringing additional snowfall to much of southeast Colorado.

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 Apr 4, 1:45 PM MST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 1:45 PM MST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Event by event

8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Wet Mountains Between 8500 and 10000 Ft

When
April 4, 3:00 PM MST to April 5, 3:00 PM 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 14.0 inches of snow measured.

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

When
April 4, 3:00 PM MST to April 5, 3:00 PM 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 4.0 inches of snow measured.

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

When
April 4, 3:00 PM MST to April 5, 3:00 PM 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 18.3 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Southern San Luis Valley

When
April 4, 3:00 PM MST to April 5, 3:00 PM MST
Where
Southern San Luis Valley forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
37.240, -105.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 3.9 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Pueblo Vicinity / Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft

When
April 4, 3:00 PM MST to April 5, 3:00 PM MST
Where
Pueblo Vicinity / Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
38.173, -104.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 4.0 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Walsenburg Vicinity / Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft

When
April 4, 6:00 PM MST to April 5, 3:00 PM MST
Where
Walsenburg Vicinity / Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
37.685, -104.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 4.0 inches of snow measured.

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

When
April 4, 6:00 PM MST to April 5, 3:00 PM MST
Where
Trinidad Vicinity / Lower Huerfano River Basin & Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
37.316, -104.039 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 6.0 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Ft

When
April 4, 6:00 PM MST to April 5, 12:00 PM 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 5.5 inches of snow measured.

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.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1257931, 1257932, 1257936, 1257937, 1257938, 1257933, 1257934, 1257939.