A slight chance of snow is back in the metro region’s forecast for Friday, but every missed opportunity moves Denver closer to the latest measurable snowfall on record, Nov. 21, 1934.
There is a 20 percent chance of snow in the metro region Friday morning, as highs linger in the 30s, according to the National Weather Service Office in Denver.
Temperatures will warm up to the 50s Saturday and the 60s on Sunday. Mild weather with temperatures as high as 70 degrees are forecast for next week.
Oct. 19 is the average date for the city’s first snow, and snow fell on Oct. 22 last year. The earliest snowfall on record is Sept. 3, 1961.
Frank Benton, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, explained that the first snow means the first one-tenth of an inch measured at Denver International Airport.
“We could get a smidgen of measurable snow,” Benton said of Friday’s outlook. “The next chance for snow would be Nov. 19 and 20, but it’s another little system and too far out to say.”
The mountains are getting heavy doses of snowfall, with another eight inches of accumulation were expected in the north and central mountains overnight Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
Snow is expected to diminish Friday, with the chance of another two inches of accumulation in higher elevations, forecasters said.
