Heavy Snow — Yavapai County Mountains, Arizona

2021-01-24 to 2021-01-25 · Yavapai County Mountains, Arizona

Event narrative

Eighteen inches of snow fell at 5,800 feet elevation in 20 hours three miles southwest of Prescott.

Wider weather episode

A second winter storm in less than a week brought heavy snow across northern Arizona and even to the lower elevations. The snow began to increase from this second storm Sunday evening January 24. Some of the storm totals were:

NWS Office Bellemont 31.6 in.

Flagstaff 12-20 in.

Forest Lakes 34-40 in.

Kachina Village 30-35 in.

Munds Park 24-28 in.

Parks 20-28 in.

Williams 15-25 in.

Payson 22-28 in.

Pine-Strawberry 18-24 in.

Heber-Overgaard 10-14 in.

Linden 11-14 in.

Pinetop-Lakeside 15-25 in.

Show Low 12-20 in.

Chino Valley 12-16 in.

Cleator 4 in.

Cordes Lakes 6 in.

Dewey-Humboldt 10-12 in.

Iron Springs 20-26 in.

Jerome 11-19 in.

Paulden 10 in.

Prescott 12-20 in.

Prescott Valley 10-14 in.

Sedona 6-8 in.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 938342. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.