It also triggered the cancellation of more than than 80 flights in and out of Denver International Airport, where 3.4 inches of snow fell.Īs the storm moved on, forecasters warned that the lower than normal temperatures could extend the mountain snowmelt into early June, increasing the risk of flooding. Yesterday should be the last day of high-elevation snow until next fall. The unexpected ice and snow in the mountains around Denver forced the shutdown of Interstate 70 at several points over the past two days because of vehicle crashes. Here are some snow totals for the storm, according to the National Weather Service: Windsor - 11 inches Timnath - 10.8 inches Fort Collins - 10 inches Severance - 8.8 inches Eaton - 8.5. Here are the latest snow totals across Colorado as of 10:40 p.m.: Douglas Pass 17 inches Crescent Village 14 inches New Castle 14 Genesee 12.1 inches Skyway 11 inches Nederland 9. The 15-day ensemble models, which show the average precipitation totals from. That broke the old record low of 32, last set in 1930. Air Force Academy, located north of the city, registered 18 inches, according to the weather service.īoulder recorded 5.1 inches, the first time since May 25, 1950 – when 8.7 inches fell –that more than 5 inches of snow had accumulated this late in the year.ĭenver set a record low temperature of 30 degrees early Wednesday morning, the weather service said. Thursday: Aspen Park: 14.2 inches Black Forest: 10 inches Boulder: 9.8. At one point, snow fell at the rate of 3 inches per hour. Here is a look at the preliminary snowfall totals across the state from the National Weather Service as of 11 a.m. Area school districts and military installations exercised caution on. In northern El Paso county, where Colorado Springs is located, as much as 20 inches of snow fell in some areas, the National Weather Service reported. Greater Colorado Springs saw 1-3 inches of snowfall, according to the weather agency. “We’ll have to wait for the snow to melt, and then to dismantle the structure that’s on top of the plants” to determine how many plants survived, the nursery's general manager, Joey Clark, told the newspaper. According to data by the National Weather Service in Pueblo, Colorado Springs received 4.9 inches of snow Tuesday, surpassing Januarys mark of 4.3 inches in just one day. The storm track has shifted south, which increases the snow. In Colorado Springs, three greenhouses at one nursery collapsed, the Colorado Gazette reported. There are a few changes in the forecast as the slow-moving spring storm moves into Colorado on Tuesday and continues into Wednesday.
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