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Extreme Heat in the Central US Expands to the East; Heavy Rains from the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes

Dangerous, long-lasting heat remains across the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley, while heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period on Friday. Strong to isolated severe thunderstorms and heavy rain pose a flash flooding threat from from the southern High Plains east to the Great Lakes. Tropical Depression 12W brings heavy rain to Guam & the Marianas through Saturday. Read More >

Denver Colorado
Monthly Snowfall
(1882-2015)

Historical Locations for Snowfall Measurements

(Please note DIA is roughly 20 miles east northeast of the old downtown reporting sites and 13 miles east northeast of the old airport.  Thus snowfall can vary quite a bit between the current observing site at DIA and the previous locations.)

Denver International Airport (2008-Present)
Denver Stapleton Airport (1950-2007)

19th & Stout (1916-1949)
16th & Larimer (1882-1915)

(Departure from Normal is based on the
long term average from 1882-2015)

 Average Seasonal Snowfall:     57.1"   (1882-2015)
Maximum Seasonal Snowfall: 118.7"   (1908-1909)
Minimum Seasonal Snowfall:    21.3"   (1888-1889)

 

2015-2016 July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar April May June Total
Departure
Denver 0.0 0.0                      
 
Monthly Normal 0.0 0.0 1.0 4.2 7.5 8.1 6.6 7.7 11.4 8.9 1.7 T 57.1
Seasonal Normal
Cumulative
Total
                         
Cumulative Total
Cumulative Normal 0.0 0.0 1.0 5.2 12.7 20.8 27.4 35.1 46.5 55.4 57.1 57.1 57.1
Cumulative Normal
                           
 
Year July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar April May June Total
Departure
2014-2015 0.0 0.0 T 0.0 4.0 12.0 7.2 22.4 2.9 5.3 4.0 0.0 57.8 0.8
2013-2014 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.0 4.7 14.3 3.3 6.0 5.6 1.1 0.0 38.4
-18.7
2012-2013 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.5 1.7 5.2 4.6 14.1 23.5 20.4 3.4 0.0 78.4
21.3
2011-2012 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.5 4.5 16.5 4.9 20.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 55.6
-1.5
2010-2011  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 3.3 8.0 5.3 2.5 1.2 1.0 0.0 22.8
-34.3
2009-2010  0.0 0.0 0.0 17.2 9.3 11.1 2.6 5.8 12.8 0.5 1.3 0.0 60.6
3.5
2008-2009  0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 10.3 4.9 13.8 7.4 0.0 0.0 38.1
-19
2007-2008  0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 2.5 20.9 3.1 5.1 5.4 2.9 3.4 0.0 46.3
-10.8
2006-2007  0.0 0.0 0.0 9.8 4.4 29.4 15.9 5.5 6.7 0.9 0.0 0.0 72.6
15.5
2005-2006  0.0 0.0 0.0 9.6 1.0 4.1 3.6 3.0 8.6 0.3 0.2 0.0 30.4
-26.7
2004-2005  0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 10.0 2.6 7.4 0.5 4.6 11.4 1.4 0.0 39.3
-17.8
2003-2004  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 4.5 4.6 8.9 1.8 15.3 0.0 38.0
-19.1
2002-2003  0.0 0.0 0.0 4.8 3.9 7.5 35.2 3.4 7.0 0.0 61.8
4.7
2001-2002  0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 4.2 2.9 6.1 2.8 12.5 0.7 0.0 30.2
-26.9
2000-2001  0.0 0.0 0.2 7.6 5.6 8.7 10.6 6.7 11.7 7.2 0.0 58.3
1.2
1999-2000  0.0 0.0 3.1 4.8 8.4 5.4 6.2 1.8 11.3 4.6 0.0 0.0 45.6
-11.5
1998-1999  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 8.9 6.4 1.3 4.2 19.7 0.0 44.5
-12.6
1997-1998  0.0 0.0 0.0 22.1 7.7 9.4 2.3 3.0 17.1 10.5 0.0 0.0 72.1
15.0
1996-1997  0.0 0.0 4.7 1.5 5.7 1.8 7.0 9.9 3.3 10.7 0.1 0.0 44.7
-12.4
1995-1996  0.0 0.0 7.4 2.2 6.9 0.6 10.4 3.2 16.4 3.2 0.0 0.0 50.3
-6.8
1994-1995  0.0 0.0 1.4 16.9 3.8 2.0 9.7 7.4 17.2 0.0 0.0 58.4
1.3
1993-1994  0.0 0.0 5.4 5.4 17.4 5.6 6.1 8.8 9.2 11.2 0.0 0.0 69.1
12.0
1992-1993  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 20.1 11.0 3.7 16.9 4.9 3.7 0.0 0.0 60.4
3.3
1991-1992  0.0 0.0 0.0 7.3 29.6 1.9 24.3 0.3 15.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 79.0
21.9
1990-1991  0.0 0.0 0.0 7.6 12.0 4.7 14.1 0.8 4.2 14.3 0.0 57.7
0.6
1989-1990  0.0 0.0 2.3 7.8 1.6 11.8 8.4 7.0 21.9 3.6 0.1 0.0 64.5
7.4
1988-1989  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8 12.3 13.0 8.2 4.8 9.0 0.0 0.0 50.1
-7.0
1987-1988  0.0 0.0 0.0 11.2 21.5 5.8 7.0 13.5 2.0 1.3 0.0 62.3
5.2
1986-1987  0.0 0.0 0.0 4.3 11.5 4.9 17.0 12.2 11.5 9.9 0.0 0.0 71.3
14.2
1985-1986  0.0 0.0 8.7 1.9 17.0 10.3 2.4 6.2 2.6 14.0 0.0 0.0 63.1
6.0
1984-1985  0.0 0.0 5.2 13.1 2.3 5.0 12.5 8.7 7.6 0.8 0.0 55.2
-1.9
1983-1984  0.0 0.0 29.3 11.5 3.4 7.9 12.0 16.8 0.0 80.9
23.8
1982-1983  0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.8 27.1 1.3 0.8 30.5 11.3 7.6 0.0 81.6
24.5
1981-1982  0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8 3.3 9.9 4.8 1.8 2.1 2.0 0.0 26.7
-30.4
1980-1981  0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 7.1 1.2 4.1 4.3 24.0 2.9 0.0 45.1
-12.0
1979-1980  0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 22.3 16.5 12.3 9.6 12.1 10.0 0.0 85.5
28.4
1978-1979  0.0 0.0 2.7 6.9 14.2 9.1 5.8 18.2 8.1 8.2 0.0 73.2
16.1
1977-1978  0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 4.1 0.7 5.5 6.2 8.6 4.6 13.5 0.0 46.5
-10.6
1976-1977  0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 4.5 3.1 2.4 3.1 9.6 4.7 0.0 0.0 34.6
-22.5
1975-1976  0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 15.2 7.3 3.2 6.4 18.7 1.2 0.0 0.0 54.7
-2.4
1974-1975  0.0 0.0 1.8 1.0 11.9 2.1 3.6 4.0 14.3 10.9 6.1 0.0 55.7
-1.4
1973-1974  0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 9.3 30.8 8.2 10.3 12.8 17.8 0.0 91.5
34.4
1972-1973  0.0 0.0 0.0 9.7 19.4 9.8 12.1 3.0 15.1 24.8 1.0 0.0 94.9
37.8
1971-1972  0.0 0.0 17.2 3.1 1.4 8.4 10.9 9.1 7.1 17.2 0.0 0.0 74.4
17.3
1970-1971  0.0 0.0 4.6 5.9 9.2 0.9 8.6 11.9 9.6 6.0 0.0 0.0 56.7
-0.4
1969-1970  0.0 0.0 0.0 31.2 5.1 3.1 0.9 0.3 20.5 4.7 0.0 0.0 65.8
8.7
1968-1969  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 5.8 6.9 2.8 4.2 13.2 0.0 0.0 33.3
-23.8
1967-1968  0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 9.4 13.1 3.0 7.3 9.2 15.1 0.0 58.8
1.7
1966-1967  0.0 0.0 8.3 3.0 1.9 9.9 4.4 6.6 3.6 3.0 0.0 40.7
-16.4
1965-1966  0.0 0.0 5.5 0.0 5.5 5.6 3.6 14.6 2.8 6.4 2.9 0.0 46.9
-10.2
1964-1965  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 4.4 13.2 17.1 14.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 55.9
-1.2
1963-1964  0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 3.5 5.9 2.6 12.7 18.4 12.1 1.0 0.0 57.3
0.2
1962-1963  0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 5.0 1.2 9.1 2.1 18.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 36.3
-20.8
1961-1962  0.0 0.0 5.8 6.2 11.4 3.8 17.2 11.3 6.8 10.0 0.0 0.0 72.5
15.4
1960-1961  0.0 0.0 0.0 4.6 5.1 17.8 1.0 7.9 29.2 8.6 6.4 0.0 80.6
23.5
1959-1960  0.0 0.0 12.9 11.8 5.3 2.7 10.7 18.3 9.0 9.3 0.0 0.0 80.0
22.9
1958-1959  0.0 0.0 2.6 9.7 7.7 17.4 17.5 26.8 17.6 0.0 0.0 99.3
42.2
1957-1958  0.0 0.0 0.0 3.9 3.0 0.8 8.9 12.0 14.4 14.1 0.0 0.0 57.1
0.0
1956-1957  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 21.3 6.3 5.3 1.6 8.9 25.5 8.8 0.0 78.3
21.2
1955-1956  0.0 0.0 0.3 4.1 7.3 2.9 6.3 10.5 13.0 3.7 0.0 0.0 48.1
-9.0
1954-1955  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 3.9 8.6 3.5 12.2 19.5 4.9 0.0 53.0
-4.1
1953-1954  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 7.2 14.4 2.7 0.6 6.3 7.6 2.6 0.0 41.5
-15.6
1952-1953  0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 14.5 3.1 7.4 16.5 11.8 12.0 1.7 0.0 68.2
11.1
1951-1952  0.0 0.0 4.2 8.1 14.5 11.2 0.3 10.2 25.2 11.2 0.0 84.9
27.8
1950-1951  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.9 5.9 15.7 10.5 17.6 12.9 0.0 0.3 74.8
17.7
1949-1950  0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 5.4 8.8 2.9 5.4 9.0 13.7 0.0 51.2
-5.9
1948-1949  0.0 0.0 0.0 9.3 4.3 22.2 1.5 15.4 7.0 0.0 59.7
2.6
1947-1948  0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 7.5 6.7 19.2 7.4 20.8 4.1 0.0 67.3
10.2
1946-1947  0.0 0.0 6.0 42.6 2.7 8.0 13.0 17.7 2.5 1.0 0.0 93.5
36.4
1945-1946  0.0 0.0 1.1 2.9 5.5 1.2 10.1 3.0 4.3 0.5 0.0 28.6
-28.5
1944-1945  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.3 2.4 9.1 4.3 3.3 28.2 0.0 51.6
-5.5
1943-1944  0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 4.0 4.5 13.0 6.2 32.5 19.5 8.3 0.0 90.5
33.4
1942-1943  0.0 0.0 0.3 10.6 2.8 4.5 3.2 1.0 11.9 0.0 2.0 0.0 36.3
-20.8
1941-1942  0.0 0.0 0.4 4.2 10.6 7.7 19.5 10.2 6.1 0.0 58.7
1.6
1940-1941  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 5.4 7.4 2.5 10.0 8.9 0.0 0.0 41.9
-15.2
1939-1940  0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 4.1 11.2 9.7 20.0 3.3 0.0 0.0 53.9
-3.2
1938-1939  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 15.3 9.3 9.6 16.3 3.8 3.2 0.0 58.0
0.9
1937-1938  0.0 0.0 0.8 4.9 9.0 10.4 6.7 16.4 7.3 2.7 0.0 58.2
1.1
1936-1937  0.0 0.0 16.5 7.3 3.7 7.7 6.0 11.7 6.6 12.8 0.0 72.3
15.2
1935-1936  0.0 0.0 2.8 6.8 5.7 0.5 6.1 5.6 15.1 2.7 0.0 45.3
-11.8
1934-1935  0.0 0.0 0.0 3.9 7.0 0.8 9.6 3.0 23.3 0.7 0.0 48.3
-8.8
1933-1934  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 8.4 15.6 8.7 8.8 1.0 0.0 45.0
-12.1
1932-1933  0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 5.3 8.8 0.2 5.4 9.0 33.8 3.2 0.0 72.7
15.6
1931-1932  0.0 0.0 0.0 15.6 0.8 9.2 10.7 16.4 2.7 0.0 0.0 55.4
-1.7
1930-1931  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 13.6 10.6 0.1 18.0 19.0 12.5 7.2 0.0 81.5
24.4
1929-1930  0.0 0.0 0.3 16.2 23.1 10.2 12.5 2.2 8.3 0.0 1.0 0.0 73.8
16.7
1928-1929  0.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 23.1 0.1 2.8 15.2 24.8 6.5 0.4 0.0 80.6
23.5
1927-1928  0.0 0.0 1.7 8.8 4.8 3.9 8.6 15.8 13.4 0.0 0.0 57.0
-0.1
1926-1927  0.0 0.0 4.4 2.3 14.8 2.7 5.2 19.1 9.0 0.0 57.5
0.4
1925-1926  0.0 0.0 0.0 10.5 8.6 13.3 11.0 3.8 13.3 4.2 0.0 64.7
7.6
1924-1925  0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8 18.4 3.0 0.6 7.5 0.0 0.0 32.3
-24.8
1923-1924  0.0 0.0 0.0 17.9 2.0 15.3 8.6 4.6 20.3 16.1 0.6 0.0 85.4
28.3
1922-1923  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 15.4 4.8 1.3 13.8 25.7 2.0 0.0 63.5
6.4
1921-1922  0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 6.5 9.1 4.9 7.0 4.9 21.0 0.0 54.4
-2.7
1920-1921  0.0 0.0 0.0 4.3 5.6 7.2 12.0 4.5 6.5 16.5 0.0 0.0 56.6
-0.5
1919-1920  0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 13.1 6.1 7.3 7.3 7.3 28.3 0.0 0.0 71.3
14.2
1918-1919  0.0 0.0 14.2 19.6 1.8 6.5 3.4 0.8 0.0 0.4 46.7
-10.4
1917-1918  0.0 0.0 0.0 11.7 4.3 8.2 13.3 2.5 19.5 4.7 0.0 64.2
7.1
1916-1917  0.0 0.0 0.0 6.7 10.2 16.3 4.9 6.0 16.1 7.2 12.0 79.4
22.3
1915-1916  0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.8 10.1 9.0 1.9 5.3 11.5 0.5 0.0 44.1
-13.0
1914-1915  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.9 9.7 4.6 14.0 5.6 6.4 0.0 44.0
-13.1
1913-1914  0.0 0.0 4.0 8.6 2.8 57.4 0.4 5.6 11.1 9.0 0.0 98.9
41.8
1912-1913  0.0 0.0 6.6 8.9 7.5 5.8 15.7 6.5 15.1 0.0 66.1
9.0
1911-1912  0.0 0.0 5.5 4.7 5.9 2.4 22.1 12.9 3.6 13.2 0.0 70.3
13.2
1910-1911  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.3 9.4 1.7 10.2 0.4 8.1 0.0 0.0 31.5
-25.6
1909-1910  0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5 11.7 2.3 7.2 2.8 6.3 0.0 43.8
-13.3
1908-1909  0.0 0.0 6.5 13.6 22.9 9.7 2.1 18.3 20.2 25.4 0.0 118.7
61.6
1907-1908  0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 7.5 6.1 7.8 1.1 2.1 3.5 10.0 0.0 39.6
-17.5
1906-1907  0.0 0.0 0.0 22.7 13.0 8.3 2.3 5.3 25.0 9.0 0.0 85.6
28.5
1905-1906  0.0 0.0 0.0 13.8 4.8 1.1 23.9 10.6 0.0 54.2
-2.9
1904-1905  0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.2 7.2 7.0 6.7 5.4 16.0 2.0 0.0 48.5
-8.6
1903-1904  0.0 0.0 4.4 1.5 5.0 1.1 2.5 10.3 2.4 0.0 0.0 27.2
-29.9
1902-1903  0.0 0.0 4.0 11.5 1.9 7.8 9.9 8.5 2.0 0.0 45.6
-11.5
1901-1902  0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 10.3 2.8 6.1 5.0 6.1 0.0 0.0 32.3
-24.8
1900-1901  0.0 0.0 2.0 0.8 5.8 1.9 3.0 15.7 15.4 0.0 0.0 44.6
-12.5
1899-1900  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 10.9 1.9 10.8 5.5 19.6 0.0 0.0 49.5
-7.6
1898-1899  0.0 0.0 2.8 9.0 15.5 8.5 9.1 20.4 6.7 0.0 72.0
14.9
1897-1898  0.0 0.0 0.0 16.4 3.3 8.3 3.0 6.8 2.6 8.9 15.5 0.0 64.8
7.7
1896-1897  0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.9 4.6 6.1 10.8 12.1 2.2 0.0 0.0 39.2
-17.9
1895-1896  0.0 0.0 11.4 2.2 3.8 0.7 3.8 4.5 19.9 0.5 1.5 0.0 48.3
-8.8
1894-1895  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 10.5 5.0 3.5 11.9 3.5 0.0 37.0
-20.1
1893-1894  0.0 0.0 0.0 5.8 6.6 4.5 2.4 11.9 10.0 10.7 0.0 0.0 51.9
-5.2
1892-1893  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.5 17.8 1.0 13.6 3.2 9.9 8.9 0.0 57.4
0.3
1891-1892  0.0 0.0 0.0 8.5 17.5 4.5 8.7 6.7 6.4 0.0 52.3
-4.8
1890-1891  0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.1 0.4 17.0 2.5 31.3 9.2 1.0 0.0 66.5
9.4
1889-1890  0.0 0.0 0.0 14.0 5.8 2.4 2.2 4.1 3.0 7.0 0.0 38.5
-18.6
1888-1889  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.8 5.5 8.4 3.6 0.0 21.3
-35.8
1887-1888  0.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 2.9 1.8 1.4 4.4 11.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.5
-31.6
1886-1887  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.8 10.8 6.5 3.5 1.1 0.0 0.0 31.7
-25.4
1885-1886  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 8.3 4.1 7.4 21.8 2.2 0.0 0.0 44.6
-12.5
1884-1885  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 7.4 4.7 7.0 0.5 32.0 0.0 51.9
-5.2
1883-1884  0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.3 5.1 2.2 7.5 3.6 18.0 0.0 38.4
-18.7
1882-1883  0.0 0.0 0.0 6.6 6.8 20.5 4.5 0.3 11.1 0.0 49.8
-7.3
1881-1882 N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  5.7 2.0 2.0 6.2 0.0 15.9
NA