Of course.
It only makes sense that Denver could well wind up with a bitterly cold and snow-covered Halloween and Thanksgiving, followed by a brown, snowless and potentially warm Christmas.
It’s looking more and more like the Front Range will stay warm and dry in the days leading up to Christmas, perhaps leading to a snow-free Christmas morning. That, despite an exceptionally cold and snowy start to the winter season in Denver and throughout Colorado.
There’s still some uncertainty about the overall forecast a week out, particularly with a storm system that could move into the Southwest on Christmas Eve and Day. Right now, though, most indications appear to point to Christmas staying dry and perhaps warm in Denver, based in part on .
If next week’s storm doesn’t produce any snow, it’s highly unlikely that anything else will in the near term. Gradually warming temperatures and sunny skies this week could culminate in , which would be nearly 20 degrees above average for mid-late December.
That — again, barring anything from next week’s storm — likely adds up to a brown Christmas Day across the Front Range, although that could be different in the mountains, where some areas may see a few inches of snow on Christmas Eve and Day.
“We’re in a much drier pattern for much of this next week. We’ve got building high pressure across much of the West,” said Scott Entrekin, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Boulder. “The next possible chance might be early next week on Tuesday on Wednesday. At least for the mountains, maybe a slight chance on the plains. We’ll have to watch that (storm).”
Climatologically, Denver has about a 40% chance of seeing a white Christmas each year. The last 30 years, though, have been a bit more favorable to those dreaming of a white Christmas, with 15 of the past 30 Christmases featuring at least an inch of ground on Christmas morning. An inch or more of snow on Christmas morning is the official definition for a white Christmas.
This year’s Christmas weather outlook, however, may be trending more brown than white.
