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Winter Weather in C & E Adams & Arapahoe Counties, Colorado

Winter Weather January 5, 2022 – January 6, 2022 · C & E Adams & Arapahoe Counties, Colorado

What the National Weather Service wrote

Storm totals ranged from 1 to 4 inches.

The wider storm

A strong northwesterly flow with enhanced bands of moderate to heavy snow developed across the northern mountains and northeast plains of Colorado. The heaviest snowfall occurred near Rabbit Ears Pass with a storm total of 44 inches, while 40 inches was recorded near Mount Zirkel. Elsewhere across the northern mountains and in Grand Valley, storm totals ranged from 14 to 32 inches, heaviest in the mountains north of the I-70. Across the Front Range Foothills storm totals range from 6 to 16 inches. Over the northeast plains, storm totals from 6 to 12 inches were observed, heaviest along and north of I-76 and near the foothills. Lesser amounts of 2 to 5 inches were reported to the south of the I-70 and I-76 corridors, and over northeast Weld County and Morgan County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 992778. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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