From The Denver Post (Andy Stein):
The recent cycle of snow we endured brought Denver back to a reasonable spot in terms of seasonal snow accumulation which is good news considering how the season started. The thing is, the recent storm cycle largely missed much of the high country, leaving them with mediocre snow totals over the past couple of weeks. January began in the mountains with above-average snowpack numbers, and thank goodness for that because due to the lack of snow, snowpack numbers are much lower than where they were a month ago…
By early January, some snow finally started to cover the Eastern Plains while at this point, the mountains were in the midst of getting hammered by several big snowstorms. Many mountain locations gained 3 to 8 feet of snow during the storm cycle over the holidays…
Between early January and early February, Denver (downtown) picked up quite a bit of snow leaving the area close to the average for the date in terms of seasonal snow. More on that below.
Overall, this season has been one of ebbs and flows. There have been periods of heavy snow region-wide, but there have also been bouts of dry and warm weather. When condensing all of this together, we can get an idea of where we stand compared to average…
Snowpack across Colorado is overall good, but these numbers are down a good bit from where they were a month ago when snowpack statewide was nearing 130% of normal. While we’ve lost a good deal of snow with the mild and dry weather in the mountains, the big storms we saw around the holidays gave us a great cushion. However, that cushion has been almost completely eradicated, so it’s about time for us to get some snow back up there.
The active weather we’ve had along the Front Range possibly gave the impression that the mountains were getting just as much snow but that was not the case. Most mountain locations saw near no snow over the last few weeks.
