After 224 days, Denver finally receives measurable snowfall
It may just be a dusting, but it still counts.
After 224 days, one of the longest streaks on record, Denver finally received a measurable snowfall Friday night.
The accumulation, the first measurable amount this season, totaled just 0.2 inches at Denver International Airport and 0.3 inches in Boulder, a National Weather Service spokesperson confirmed Saturday morning.
The highest amounts around the urban corridor were up around the Berthoud area, with the town receiving about an inch of snow, the spokesperson added.
The snowfall officially ended what is now Denver’s fourth-longest snowless streak on record at 224 days, just over a week short of the 232 mark set in both 1887 and 2021, according to the NWS. Saturday also marks Denver’s second-latest date on record seeing its first measurable snowfall.
The accumulation seemed to be having little affect on holiday travel. Only 142 flights in or out of the airport had been delayed as of Saturday morning, far lower than the 354 the day before, according to flightaware.com.
West of Denver, and more especially up in the mountains, passenger vehicle traction laws were placed into effect as plows cleared off the roadways Saturday morning, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation’s COTrip Map. Despite icy road conditions, most roadways were not showing any significant traffic delays.
As for future snow, the spokesperson noted that another weather system coming into the area Sunday night will probably sprinkle another dusting along the Front Range, with most areas currently projected for less than an inch of accumulation. The mountains will receive a little more, about 3-6 inches.




