As 1 to 2″ of rain fell across the lower elevations this week, snow was falling above 6500 feet elevation across the Front Range where temperatures were cold enough. Let’s take a look at the snow totals from a storm that kicked off the month of May!
Shown below is our snowfall forecast map issued Sunday morning with actual storm totals overlaid. Green values indicate that our forecast verified to within one inch of the observed snowfall total. Red numbers did not. Officially Boulder reported just a trace of snow while Denver reported nothing at all. Temperatures remained just a few degrees too warm across the Plains (thankfully!). The highest totals of 5-8″ were observed in the Foothills above 7500 feet elevation in Boulder County and northern Jefferson County.
There is no change to the seasonal snowfall totals in Boulder and Denver.
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