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Heavy Snow in Yavapai County Mountains, Arizona

Heavy Snow February 18, 2026 · Yavapai County Mountains, Arizona

What the National Weather Service wrote

Public reported 4.0 inches of snow on Spruce Mountain at an elevation of 6000 feet, at 2 NW Walker.

The wider storm

The second of three winter storms moved in on the morning of February 18th and departed quickly on the night of February 18th. This was a colder storm with more snow than the previous one, however, the bigger impact was the high winds. This storm caused near blizzard conditions at times as well as blowing and drifting snow and lower snowfall amounts than expected.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1307010. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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