After a localized band of heavy snow set up north and east of Denver, Denver International Airport officially recorded 5 inches of snow on Wednesday night, bringing up the city’s total to nearly 16 inches of snow so far this February.
A highly localized band of intense snowfall dumped as much as 6 inches of snow on the northern and eastern metro area on Wednesday night, while downtown Denver and points south and west generally only saw an inch or two of snow from the same system.
Snow band is persistent near DIA to Longmont. Itap producing snow packed roads. It will decrease in strength through 10 pm.
— Matt Makens, Makens Weather (@MattMakens)
Due to a sharp cold front and bands formed by an active jetstream, a narrow stripe of heavy snow moved from Weld County into parts of Adams and Denver counties on Wednesday night.
The band impacted Denver’s east side, leading to prolific snowfall rates for an hour or two after dark on Wednesday.
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So far this winter season, Denver’s already seen 45.7 inches of snow, which is about a foot above average so far this winter.
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With the additional 5 inches of snow, Denver is up to 15.8 inches of snowfall over the opening 13 days of February, making it the second-snowiest start to the month on record. It’s also already Denver’s 13th-snowiest February on record, and the city’s overall snowiest month in nearly four years as well.
If you’re hoping for a break from this active February, you’ll get a brief breather before more snow likely returns to the Front Range early next week.
Still uncertainty as to amounts/timing/impacts, but Sunday-Tuesday looks active across the Front Range.
Snowbruary continues after this short break.
— Chris Bianchi (@BianchiWeather)
