Heavy Snow — Santa Catalina and Rincon Mountains, Arizona

2017-02-18 to 2017-02-19 · Santa Catalina and Rincon Mountains, Arizona

Event narrative

The higher elevations of Mt. Lemmon received about 12-18 of snow.

Wider weather episode

A fairly slow moving storm system moved across the region on Presidents day weekend resulting in significant snow in the mountains above 7500 feet.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 670468. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.