Tag: Weather
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Denver weather: Sunny and 60s after big spring storm
Say goodbye to all that snow as it melts away under the bright May sun. The National Weather Service said to expect a high of 69 on Thursday with moderate winds and mostly sunny skies. The sudden turnaround in temperatures comes right after Denver was dumped with a blanket of snow, accumulating up to 8…
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Snowstorm offers little relief as Colorado snowpack ranks among worst on record
A late-season snowstorm may look like relief, but it can’t salvage a historically bad snowpack year. While it’s too early to measure Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s storm’s impact, water experts said a single snowstorm won’t reverse months of below-average snowpack. “This year is proving difficult to quantify,” Brad Udall, senior water and climate research scholar at…
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Denver snowstorm forces first metro school closures in over a year
A May snowstorm forced schools across the metro Denver area to close Wednesday — the first snow day of the school year. Most districts said their last snow day was Nov. 8, 2024, when the first major storm of the season that year dumped nearly 3 feet of snow across large sections of the Front…
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SNOW TOTALS: 28″ of snow hits mountain town, big totals elsewhere around Colorado
As was expected, big snow hit Colorado this week. While Colorado Springs escaped this one without much of an impact, the Denver metro area and northern Colorado got hit hard. UPDATE: This piece has been updated on Thursday, May 7 to reflect updated snow totals with new locations added, as well. Following this week’s snow,…
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Denver weather: Soggy roads, Xcel power outages amid May snowstorm
A big, wet blanket of snow settled over the Front Range on Wednesday, dropping disproportionate amounts of precipitation throughout the Denver metro area. Denver saw a high of 40 degrees Wednesday as snow continued to fall into the early afternoon before the skies opened and the sun broke through, according to the National Weather Service.…
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Colorado snow totals for May 5-6 storm
The following Colorado snow totals were reported by the National Weather Service and its trained spotters for the May 5-6, 2026, winter storm as of 9:00 a.m. Aspen Springs — 16.5 inchesArvada — 8.5 inchesAurora — 2.7 inchesBear Lake — 20.4Bellvue — 12 inchesBerthoud Pass — 7.4 inchesBlack Forest — 2.2 inchesBoulder — 11.3 inchesBreckenridge…
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Snow Day in May: Denver-area schools announce Wednesday closures
Several Denver-area schools have announced closings and delayed starts on Wednesday after a potent spring storm dropped snow on Colorado’s Front Range from Colorado Springs to Wyoming. Denver Public Schools announced that all schools and administrative offices will be closed Wednesday due to severe weather. Parents and students will receive the alert from the district…
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Shelters, closures, delays: Denver prepares for late-season winter storm
With a late-season winter storm bearing down from the north late Tuesday and Wednesday, the City and County of Denver opened extra emergency shelters to help residents stay warm. Snow already began blanketing areas in northern Colorado and Estes Park Tuesday, with the storm expected to move into the Denver area in the evening. Four…
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Red Rocks moves show ahead of expected snowstorm
Amid heavy snowfall expected to hit a large swath of Colorado, Red Rocks has canceled its May 6 show, rescheduling the event for Tuesday of next week. The Bright Eyes show that was scheduled to take place this week was set to feature the group’s ‘I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning’ and ‘Digital Ash in a…
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Denver weather: Snowstorm remains ‘on track’
Denver’s big spring snowstorm is still expected as the rain turns into snow later today. The National Weather Service said to expect a high of around 39 today with precipitation all day long. The long-forecasted storm is here. The weather service says to expect it to remain rainy in the morning with some potential snowy…