If you recall, Mother Nature threw a greasy wrench into our usual “First Snow” contest this year, delivering the earliest ever snowfall in Boulder’s history before we even announced the annual contest! But the show must go on, and this year predictions surrounded the date and amount of Boulder’s second snowfall of the season. With that having now come and gone this week, it’s time to announce the winners of the contest!
There were more than 170 entries into the contest this year. Thanks for your submissions, everyone!
The verification of Boulder’s second snowfall was October 25, 2020 and 9.9″. If you somehow managed to miss our lengthy storm recap for the event, you can get caught up here.
Here are some facts about the participants’ predictions:
- Dates ranged from September 30 to November 14th
- Amounts ranged from 0.6 to 7.0 inches
- The median date of the guesses was October 20th
- The winner predicted the correct date but was off by nearly 8 inches on the amount!
- October 25th was the only day in October which just one person selected. Talk about bad luck!
Without further adieu, congratulations to the winners listed below. You will receive an email with further instructions in the next few days.
- 1st place: 12-month Premium subscription + $25 Amazon Gift Card
- Jason E: Oct 25 – 2.0″
- 2nd place: 6-month Premium subscription
- Katie M: Oct 24 – 2.8″”
- Anyone who guessed within 1 day OR 0.1″ correct: 2-month Premium subscription
- Rachelle: Oct 24 – 2.0″
- Jeff A: Oct 26 – 1.6″
- Sally M: Oct 24 – 1.5″
- Trick: Oct 24 – 1.0″
- Mary Jo R: Oct 26 – 1.0″
- All other entries: Virtual “pat on the back”
- 168 other people
If you didn’t win, don’t worry. We’ll definitely host more weather-related contests periodically throughout the year, so do check back.
