Snow totals: Here’s how much fell across Colorado from December storm
The first major snow storm of winter 2025-26 hit Denver and Front Range late Tuesday night, dropping several inches of snow from Pueblo to Cheyenne, Wyoming.
The highest accumulations were in the Front Range foothills west of Denver and west of Colorado Springs, with up to 8″ in some locales by mid morning Wednesday.
Here are some snow reports from across Colorado as of 9:30 a.m., according to the National Weather Service:
- Rocky Flats – 9 inches
- Genesee – 8.9 inches
- Ouray – 8.4 inches
- Pagosa Springs – 8.3 inches
- Bailey – 8.1 inches
- Monument – 8 inches
- Louisville – 7.7 inches
- Brookvale – 7.7 inches
- Niwot – 7.5 inches
- Nederland – 7.5 inches
- Arvada – 7.2 inches
- Floyd Hill – 7.2 inches
- Ponderosa Park – 7 inches
- Littleton – 6.9 inches
- Evergreen – 6.8 inches
- Wheat Ridge – 6.5 inches
- Broomfield – 6.4 inches
- Laporte – 6.3 inches
- Ken Caryl – 6.2 inches
- Lyons – 6.1 inches
- Jamestown – 6.1 inches
- Golden – 6.1 inches
- Lafayette – 6 inches
- Idaho Springs – 6 inches
- Boulder – 6 inches
- Silver Plume – 6 inches
- Wellington – 5.8 inches
- Ridgway – 5.8 inches
- Aspen Park – 5.7 inches
- Fort Collins – 5.6 inches
- Kittredge – 5.6 inches
- Superior – 5.5 inches
- Lakewood – 5.5 inches
- Erie – 5.3 inches
- Berthoud – 5.3 inches
- Thornton – 5.1 inches
- Mountain View – 5.1 inches
- Estes Park – 5.1 inches
- Timnath – 5 inches
- Lone Tree – 5 inches
- Johnstown – 5 inches
- Palmer Lake – 5 inches
- Colorado Springs – 5 inches
- Edgewater – 4.8 inches
- Georgetown – 4.7 inches
- Loveland – 4.5 inches
- Denver International Airport – 4.5 inches
- Penrose – 4.5 inches
- Parker – 4.5 inches
- Westminster – 4.1 inches
- Federal Heights – 4 inches
- Rangely – 4 inches
- Olathe – 4 inches
- Walsenburg – 4 inches
- Hygiene – 3.9 inches
- Castle Rock – 3.8 inches
- Dinosaur – 3.7 inches
- Castle Pines – 3.7 inches
- Milliken – 3.6 inches
- Berthoud – 3.5 inches
- Aurora – 3.5 inches
- Falcon – 3.5 inches
- Manitou Springs – 3.5 inches
- Greeley – 3.3 inches
- Steamboat Springs – 3.3 inches
- Longmont – 3.3 inches
- Lone Tree – 3.2 inches
- Northglenn – 3.1 inches
- Vail – 3 inches
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