Colorado, 2025Heavy Snow and High Wind in Colorado, December 5 to 6, 2025
December 5 to 6, 2025 · NWS PUB · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
Behind the previous system, a fast-moving shortwave moved over the region. This allowed for another brief period of snow over the higher terrain, with widespread gusty winds, particularly over and near gap flow areas.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Behind the previous system, a fast-moving shortwave moved over the region. This allowed for another brief period of snow over the higher terrain, with widespread gusty winds, particularly over and near gap flow areas.
Heavy Snow, Leadville Vicinity / Lake County Below 11000 Ft
- When
- December 5, 11:00 PM MST to December 6, 11:00 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 7.9 inches of snow measured.
High Wind, Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 & 11000 Ft
- When
- December 6, 7:23 AM MST
- Where
- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 & 11000 Ft forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 37.992, -105.637 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was a measured 76 mph gust near Westcliffe.
High Wind, Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 & 11000 Ft
- When
- December 6, 7:55 AM MST
- Where
- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 & 11000 Ft forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.426, -104.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was a measured 75 mph gust near Weston.
High Wind, Walsenburg Vicinity / Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft
- When
- December 6, 8:55 AM MST
- Where
- Walsenburg Vicinity / Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.685, -104.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A measured gust of 61 mph was reported near Walsenburg.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1307530, 1307525, 1307522, 1307512.