Colorado, 2026

Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 6 to 7, 2026

March 6 to 7, 2026 · NWS PUB · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

A deep upper trough came through Colorado early in the month, bringing widespread moderate snowfall to the area, mainly along the mountains-plains interface.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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 deep upper trough came through Colorado early in the month, bringing widespread moderate snowfall to the area, mainly along the mountains-plains interface.

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 6, 5:02 AM MST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 5:02 AM MST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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Event by event

6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Leadville Vicinity / Lake County Below 11000 Ft

When
March 6, 9:00 AM MST to March 7, 7:00 AM 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 5.0 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Del Norte Vicinity / Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft

When
March 6, 9:00 AM MST to March 7, 7:00 AM MST
Where
Del Norte Vicinity / Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
37.832, -106.332 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 4.3 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Wet Mountains Between 8500 and 10000 Ft

When
March 6, 1:00 PM MST to March 7, 7:00 AM MST
Where
Wet Mountains Between 8500 and 10000 Ft forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
38.110, -105.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 8.4 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Teller County / Rampart Range Above 7500 Ft / Pikes Peak Between 7500 & 11000 Ft

When
March 6, 1:00 PM MST to March 7, 7:00 AM MST
Where
Teller County / Rampart Range Above 7500 Ft / Pikes Peak Between 7500 & 11000 Ft forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
38.729, -105.043 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 7.0 inches of snow measured.

Heavy Snow, Northern El Paso County / Monument Ridge / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft

When
March 6, 1:00 PM MST to March 7, 7:00 AM MST
Where
Northern El Paso County / Monument Ridge / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 7.1 inches of snow measured.

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

When
March 6, 1:00 PM MST to March 7, 7:00 AM MST
Where
Colorado Springs Vicinity / Southern El Paso County / Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
38.832, -104.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

There was 7.5 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.

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1323266, 1323267, 1323268, 1323269, 1323270, 1323271.