![]() ![]() Fortunately that is not the case in late December. (credit: CBS) The list below are snow reports as of about 2:30 p.m. The situation would have been much worse if trees were leafed out. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect in the Denver metro area until 8 p.m. Eastern Colorado is digging out after a blizzard brought several inches of new snow and strong, gusty winds. The result was more than foot of snow for communities like Morrison, Conifer, Evergreen, Genesee, and Coal Creek Canyon.Įlsewhere snow amounts were generally between 4 and 8 inches but most of Weld County as well as the Fort Collins area received less.īecause the snow contained so much moisture and was therefore so heavy, it caused many tree limbs to snap and even brought down entire trees in some areas. Updated: 9:00 AM MST DecemSTERLING, Colo. Once the rain changed to snow Wednesday evening, it fell at rate of up to 2 inches per hour especially in the foothills of Jefferson and Boulder. The city doubled the old record from which is a testament to how unusual it is to get so much rain in December. That is why the precipitation started as rain on Wednesday afternoon and when it finally changed to snow, it was heavy and wet as temperatures hovered near freezing.ĭenver officially received 0.60" of liquid on Wednesday which is the most ever measured for the date going back to 1872. Denver's official snowfall total at Denver International Airport Thursday morning is 7.1 inches, which is the highest total from any storm so far this season.īecause the storm originated on the West Coast instead of Canada like most storms in the winter months, it contained air that was much warmer than normal. Here is a look at preliminary snow totals reported to the NWS as of 10:30 a.m. The type of storm most common in March or April brought more than a half foot of heavy snow to most of Colorado's Front Range. Greeley, CO Light rain 50 F Feels like 43 Thu Overnight Rain at times heavy 8 C Feels like 4 Fri Morning Rain 8 C Feels like 5 Fri Afternoon A Few showers 15 C Feels like 13 Fri Evening. ![]()
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