After a slow start, Denver will finish the 2018-19 winter with a nearly average snowfall season.
Thanks in part to the 3.7 inches of snow Denver picked up from this week’s unusually late snow event, the city’s official observation site at Denver International Airport is now up to 48.1 inches of seasonal snowfall. While that trails the long-term average of 57.1 inches, it’s still more than the last two winters combined.
We previously wrote about how the snowfall of the last two winters is far more of a commentary on how paltry the last two years have been, rather than an exceptionally big winter for Denver this year. Still, especially after a rather snow-less start to the winter, a spring snowfall boom has helped Denver catch up.
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As far as drought purposes go, however, the far more important statistic is Denver’s exceptionally wet start to 2019. Through Wednesday, Denver had seen 6.34 inches of rainfall, over an inch and a half above the year-to-date average. That’s helped to all but eliminate drought conditions statewide.
Here are a few other updated seasonal snowfall totals across the metro area. This data is from the National Weather Service and the Colorado Climate Center.
Boulder: 95.1 inches (average: 83.6 inches)
Colorado Springs: 36.2 inches (average: 37.6 inches)
Denver (Denver International Airport): 48.1 inches (average: 57.1 inches)
Denver (Stapleton): 44.9 inches (average: 57.1 inches)
Denver (Water Department – downtown): 34.7 inches (average: 57.1 inches)
Evergreen: 85.3 inches (average: 80.2 inches)
Fort Collins: 48.3 inches (average: 48.5 inches)
Lakewood: 61.2 inches (average: 62.4 inches)
Northglenn: 50.4 inches (average: 43.8 inches)
Pueblo: 17.0 inches (average: 31.7 inches)
Wheat Ridge: 67.6 inches (average: 76.9 inches)
Chris Bianchi is a meteorologist for WeatherNationTV.
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