Heavy Snow — Shawnee, Kansas

2025-12-01 · Shawnee, Kansas

Event narrative

Four and seven tenths inches (4.7) of snow was measured at NWS Topeka. Other measurements around the city of Topeka included 5 to 5.5 inches.

Wider weather episode

A powdery snow fell on Monday December 1st across northeast Kansas. It was the first snow of the year and fell on a Monday morning after a holiday weekend so travel impacts were greater than perhaps would have been expected. Most areas received 1-4 inches however a band of 4-5 inch amounts did occur around the Topeka to Lawrence corridor into Jefferson County. Winds however were light under 10 mph so this could have been worse.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1296025. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.