May 2025 brought cool, rainy days to the Front Range, nurturing lush, green landscapes ahead of what is expected to be a hot and dry summer. The month also featured striking weather events, including a few picturesque tornadoes nearby and multiple rounds of snow blanketing the high Foothills. Here’s a quick and colorful graphical recap of our weather during May and how it relates to climatology.

May 2025 retold via our Twitter X timeline:

May 2025 Temperatures:

May 2025 Precipitation:

Precipitation totals during May 2025 across the Boulder-Denver Metro area

May 2025 Snowfall:

Snowfall totals during May 2025 across the Boulder-Denver Metro area

2024-25 Seasonal Snowfall To Date (Final Version):

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

How does May 2025 fit into the last 75 years?

How does May 2025 fit into the last 12 months?

Latest Drought Tracker (as of May 27th)

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Ben Castellani

Ben grew up in southwestern Pennsylvania and holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in Meteorology, the latter being from CU Boulder. His hometown received nearly three feet of snow from the Storm of the Century back in March of 1993, sparking his initial interest in impactful weather. Ben currently works on remote sensing and data analysis software at L3Harris Technologies in Boulder.

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