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 – 8 inches
- Genesee – 7.3 inches
- Bailey – 7.2 inches
- Floyd Hill – 7.1 inches
- Southeast Denver – 6.5 inches
- White Ranch Open – 6.5 inches
- Lawson – 6.5 inches
- Laporte – 6.3 inches
- Fort Collins – 6.1 inches
- Golden – 6.1 inches
- Jamestown – 6.1 inches
- Lyons – 6.1 inches
- Southeast Boulder – 6 inches
- Brookvale – 6 inches
- West Boulder – 6 inches
- Crescent Village – 6 inches
- Silver Plume – 6 inches
- Idaho Springs – 6 inches
- Palmer Lake – 6 inches
- Wellington – 5.8 inches
- Arvada – 5.8 inches
- Tiny Town – 5.7 inches
- Aspen Park – 5.7 inches
- Kittredge – 5.6 inches
- Evergreen – 5.5 inches
- Lakewood – 5.5 inches
- Ken Caryl – 5.5 inches
- Jamestown – 5.5 inches
- Meeker Park – 5.3 inches
- Sunshine – 5.3 inches
- Berthoud – 5.3 inches
- Horesetooth Mountain – 5.3 inches
- Pinewood Springs – 5.2 inches
- Campion – 5.1 inches
- Pinecliffe – 5.1 inches
- Timnath – 5 inches
- Waverly – 5 inches
- Nederland – 5 inches
- Wheat Ridge – 4.8 inches
- Edgewater – 4.8 inches
- Niwot – 4.8 inches
- Ouray – 4.8 inches
- Georgetown – 4.7 inches
- Loveland – 4.5 inches
- Rollinsville – 4.5 inches
- Roxborough – 4.4 inches
- Westminster – 4.1 inches
- Louisville – 4.1 inches
- East Denver – 4 inches
- Cedar Cove – 4 inches
- Hygiene – 4 inches
- Castle Rock – 3.8 inches
- Lafayette – 3.8 inches
- Castle Pines – 3.7 inches
- Lone Tree – 3.6 inches
- Milliken – 3.6 inches
- Air Force Academy – 3.5 inches
- Black Forest – 3.5 inches
- Berthoud – 3.5 inches
- Longmont – 3.3 inches
- Greeley – 3.3 inches
- Broomfield – 3.2 inches
- Colorado Springs – 3.2 inches
- Northglenn – 3.1 inches
- Cherry Hills – 3 inches
- Firestone – 3 inches
- Buckley Space Force Base – 3 inches
- Littleton – 3 inches
- Erie – 2.9 inches
- Northwest Aurora – 2.8 inches
- Windsor – 2.8 inches
- Highlands Ranch – 2.7 inches
- Elizabeth – 2.5 inches
- Foxfield – 2.5 inches
- Frederick – 2.5 inches
- Denver International Airport – 2.3 inches
- Nunn – 2.2 inches
- Peterson Space Force Base – 2 inches
- Brighton – 1.5 inches
- Southwest Aurora – 1.3 inches
- Heeney – 1 inch
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