December 2024 Graphical Weather Review: A warm and non-snowy end to 2024

After a definitively wet November in the Front Range, Mother Nature did a complete one-eighty with December landing one of the warmest and least snowy on record in many locations, topped off with our first rainy Christmas in 82 years! Here’s a quick and colorful graphical recap of our weather during December and how it relates to climatology.

December 2024 Temperatures:


December 2024 Precipitation:

Precipitation totals during December 2024 across the Metro area


December 2024 Snowfall:

Snowfall totals during December 2024 across the Metro area


2024-25 Seasonal Snowfall To Date (as of January 1st):

You can find a recap of all the winter storms so far in the 2024-2025 snow season HERE.


How does December 2024 fit into the last 74 years?


How does December 2024 fit into the last 12 months?


Latest Drought Tracker (as of December 31st)


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1 Comment

  1. Paul Rindfleisch

    This is so great! Thanks for putting this together!

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