Heavy Snow in Yavapai County Valleys and Basins, Arizona

Four inches of snow fell 3 miles southwest of Cottonwood (below 5000 feet) by 1100 AM.

The Bagdad Co-Op observer reported 2.2 inches of snow at around 4000 feet elevation. Four inches of snow fell in Jerome at around 4,900 feet. Tuzigoot National Monument reported 1.5 inches of snow at an elevation around 3,400 feet.

A strong cold front began moving across northern Arizona January 31st with strong winds, isolated thunderstorms, widespread rain, and higher elevation snow. Snow had started falling much of northern Arizona by daylight on February 1. Even Bagdad (3,800 feet elevation) had 3.0 inches of snow by 600 AM MST on the first.