First snow · Colorado
When is the first snow in Denver?
Denver right now
40°FOvercast skies
- Today48°F / 42°FClouds
- Tomorrow60°F / 36°FClear skies
- Monday62°F / 35°FClouds
The sky's forgotten its color.
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Snow in the next 5 days?
No. There’s no snow in the Denver forecast for the next 5 days.
Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.
Denver’s first measurable snow usually lands around October 21.
Denver’s first snow melts by lunch, which is exactly the kind of commitment issue Denver respects.
Snow’s coming. Heads-up or surprise?
Tomorrow’s roast for DenverFree, no account, and you pick how rude I get.Cities on the same snow schedule
Denver is number 7 of 76 for the earliest first snow. Is your city earlier?
- Duluth, Minnesota: around October 24
- Anchorage, Alaska: around October 17
- Helena, Montana: around October 26
The fastest way back here when the snow gets close.
In 8 winters out of 10 it arrives between September 26 and November 14. A typical Denver winter adds up to about 56 inches of snow.
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Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for the Denver area, winters 1991 to 2020 (17 with complete records), via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.