Heavy Snow in Cochise County, Arizona

Heavy Snow December 26, 2008 · Cochise County, Arizona

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy snowfall occurred in the Chiracahua and Huachuca Mountains in Cochise County.

The wider storm

Two storm systems moved through Southeast Arizona on December 25th and 26th. The system on December 25th was a lead system that moved through and produced rain and mountain snowfall generally above 6500 feet. The follow up system on December 26th was a much colder storm with origins in the Gulf of Alaska that moved through Southeast Arizona with much lower snow levels.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 140326. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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