Heavy Snow in Grand Canyon Country, Arizona

Heavy Snow February 1, 2016 · Grand Canyon Country, Arizona

What the National Weather Service wrote

The co-op observer measured 17.5 inches of new snow at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The East Entrance received 8.5 inches of snow.

The wider storm

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.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 620240. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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