DenverMark's WunderBlog

GOOD SNOWFALL ALONG THE FRONT RANGE THURSDAY

The Front Range urban corridor had a decent snowfall today, with up to 8" around Fort Collins and Boulder. The Denver area generally picked up 3-6". I measured 4.7" on our deck in the back yard. It was also very cold with highs only in the low 20s...and that was just after midnight. Daytime temperatures held in the teens. Tonight, some parts of the Denver area have already dropped into the single digits (8 degrees here in Thornton). Under clearing skies, lows will range from near zero at the airport to near 10 in downtown Denver.

The chinook winds will then take over, warming temperatures to the low 40s by tomorrow afternoon. It will warm into the 50s for the weekend, so the snow will melt quickly. But long-range, it looks like we may have more snow next Monday/Tuesday and also Thursday. Probably no more 70s for a while, but you never know (LOL)!!


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ROLLER COASTER TEMPERATURES...Tuesday-Wednesday, December 2-3

Westerly chinook winds heated up Denver on Tuesday, with highs ranging from 69 degrees at Denver International Airport to the low 70s in most city locations. However, the record of 74 set in 1885 held. Even in the bitter cold 1880s, Denver's famous chinook winds could produce some very warm temperatrures in the winter!

Then a cold front moved through last night, dropping temperatures below freezing across most of the metro area by midnight. Good old Denver weather...as goofy as ever!!


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SKI AREA SNOW REPORTS (From Colorado Ski Country USA and OnTheSnow.com)
Thursday afternoon, December 4

A-Basin 26", 3" new, P/PP
Aspen Mountain 20", 2" new, P/PP
Breckenridge 23", 7" new, P/PP
Copper Mountain 31", 5" new, P/PP
Crested Butte 33", 3" new, P/PP
Echo Mountain 30", 7" new, PP/MM
Eldora 32", 8" new, P/PP
Loveland 47", 4" new, P/PP
Monarch 17", 0.5" new, PP
Silverton 35", 0 new, P
Snowmass 17", 3" new, P/PP
Steamboat 29", 12" new, PP/MM
Telluride 29", 0 new, P/PP
Winter Park 37", 14" new, P/PP
Wolf Creek 21", 0 new, P/PP

P = powder
PP = packed powder
MM = manmade



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DENVER NOVEMBER SUMMARY

November was a warm, dry month for Denver. However, we didn't make it into the top ten warmest or driest. There was almost no snow (except for a dusting on the 14th) until we had 2-4" in most parts of the city Friday night, the 28th.


AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (Official location):

Average high 57.3F/14.1C
Average low 28.8F/-1.8C
Monthly mean 43.0F/6.1C
(5.5F/3.1C above normal)

Highest 78F/25.6C on the 2nd and 18th
Lowest 12F/-11.1C on the 15th

Number of days high 70F/21.1C or above...6
Number of days high 32F/0C or below...0
Number of days low 32F/0C or below...22

Precipitation 0.18"/4.6 mm
(0.80"/20.3 mm below normal)

Snowfall 1.7"/4.3 cm


IN DOWNTOWN DENVER (21st and Broadway air quality monitor):

Average high 58.1F/14.5C
Average low 35.9F/2.2C
Monthly mean 47.0F/8.3C

Highest 78F/25.6C on the 1st, 2nd and 18th
Lowest 23F/-5C on the 15th

Number of days high 70F/21.1C or above...6
Number of days high 32F/0C or below...0
Number of days low 32F/0C or below...12


AT OUR HOUSE IN THORNTON

Precipitation 0.30"/7.6 mm
Snowfall 4.4"/11.2 cm