Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 11 to 12, 2025

Name: Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 11 to 12, 2025
Start: 2025-02-11T18:00
End: 2025-02-12T05:00
Location: Colorado

February 11 to 12, 2025 · NWS GLD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Snowfall developed during the evening across eastern Colorado resulting in 3-8 inches of snow, primarily across Yuma county. The highest amount of snow was 8 inches 6 WNW Clarkville.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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What happened

The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.

Snowfall developed during the evening across eastern Colorado resulting in 3-8 inches of snow, primarily across Yuma county. The highest amount of snow was 8 inches 6 WNW Clarkville. The snow came to an end around 5am MT on the 12th.

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Yuma County

When: February 11, 6:00 PM MST to February 12, 5:00 AM MST
Where: Yuma County forecast zone
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 40.003, -102.424 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A report from the public of 8 inches of snowfall was received 6 WNW Clarkville. Additional snowfall amounts of 5 inches was received 4 SSE Beecher Island from the public. More reports of snow of the 4 inch variety was received via Cocorahs 5 NNE Wray and 1 NE Idalia. Additional reports of 3.5 inches of snow in Wray and 3 inches 6 NW Yuma were both reported by the public as well.

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

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1235154.