Colorado, 2026Heavy 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.
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.
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- 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.
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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</html>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.
- 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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- Hail in Nebraska, March 6, 20262.5 in hail · 6 events
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.