Colorado, 2025Heavy Snow and High Wind in Colorado, February 11 to 14, 2025
February 11 to 14, 2025 · NWS PUB · 7 events in 7 counties and zones
An increasing jet maximum aloft provided ample moisture transport into the Rocky Mountains. Further east, a series of moving cold air masses and fronts brought wind-driven snow to the eastern plains for several days.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
An increasing jet maximum aloft provided ample moisture transport into the Rocky Mountains. Further east, a series of moving cold air masses and fronts brought wind-driven snow to the eastern plains for several days.
Heavy Snow, Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 & 11000 Ft
- When
- February 11, 2:00 PM MST to February 12, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 & 11000 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 37.426, -104.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was 5.0 inches of snow measured.
Heavy Snow, Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Ft
- When
- February 11, 2:00 PM MST to February 12, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.677, -106.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was 5.0 inches of snow measured.
Heavy Snow, Western Kiowa County
- When
- February 11, 5:00 PM MST to February 12, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Western Kiowa County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.433, -102.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was 3.7 inches of snow measured.
Heavy Snow, Pueblo Vicinity / Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft
- When
- February 11, 5:00 PM MST to February 12, 11:00 AM 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, La Junta Vicinity / Otero County
- When
- February 11, 5:00 PM MST to February 12, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- La Junta Vicinity / Otero County forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 37.903, -103.716 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was 5.5 inches of snow measured.
Heavy Snow, Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft
- When
- February 11, 5:00 PM MST to February 12, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was 5.5 inches of snow measured.
High Wind, Walsenburg Vicinity / Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft
- When
- February 13, 11:00 PM MST to February 14, 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Walsenburg Vicinity / Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 37.685, -104.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
There was a 63 mph gust measured.
- 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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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: 1239267, 1239272, 1239266, 1239268, 1239269, 1239274, 1239278.