Blizzard in Buchanan, Missouri

The ASOS at St. Joseph Rosecrans Airport began reporting quarter mile or worse visibility with wind gusts up to 35 mph and snow/blowing snow at the 7:53 am observation on Jan 5th. This continued through 5:30 pm on January 5th. This means blizzard criteria was met for over 9 hours. Up to 16 of snow was reported in the St. Joseph area.

On January 4, 2025, a potent mid latitude extratropical cyclone began impacting the region. First, this brought freezing drizzle to the area on the afternoon and evening hours of Jan 4th, with major impacts to roadways across the KC metro. Freezing rain transitioned to sleet, and then finally snow late evening on the 4th and into the morning hours of the 5th. Heavy snow paired with wind gusts up to 35 to 40 mph yielded blizzard conditions across the region. Snow finally came to an end from west to east late Sunday (Jan 5th) night into early Monday (Jan 6th) morning.