Front Range Snowfall Totals: November 26-27, 2024

A midweek winter storm brought light accumulating snow to the Denver Metro area on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, with considerably more powder piling up in the Mountains. We briefly review the snow totals across the Front Range.

now began to dump in the Mountains early Tuesday morning as deep Pacific moisture arrived from the west fueled by a remnant atmospheric river. It wasn’t until late Tuesday night that precipitation eventually reached the Boulder-Denver area, first beginning as rain but quickly changing to snow before sunrise Wednesday morning as the cold front blew in from the north. Snow fell almost continuously through the morning into early afternoon before tapering off. At times, snowfall rates across the area reach close to 1″ per hour in the heavier bands. Roads turned slushy at times, but for the most part travel wasn’t greatly impacted below 6000 feet elevation.

945AM Update: Another band of snow is sagging south through Boulder and Denver now. Snowfall rates of 0.5-1.0" per hour. Temperatures are slowly falling. Down to 30 now with slush developing on roads. Expect another 1-2" in most areas before the snow tapers off after noon. #cowx pic.twitter.com/lBBTZx2pe8

— BoulderCAST Weather 🏔️❄️ (@BoulderCAST) November 27, 2024

Winter Weather Update: Rain changes to wet snow Tuesday night across the lower elevations, but it's the Mountains that will really get hammered!

Our snowfall forecast map issued Tuesday morning is shown below with storm totals overlaid. Green values indicate our forecast verified, Yellow values mean the observed total was just outside our forecast, while Red was a busted forecast (more than 1″ off). Our forecast verified quite well across the broader region, though due to the way the snow bands unfolded Wednesday, a few localized areas came in smidge high or low. Impressive snow totals up to 2 feet occurred in the Mountains (23″ at Winter Park!), while lesser snow of a trace to 8″ dumped across the lower elevations.