Colorado snow day predictor
Nothing in the Colorado forecast this week that closes schools · Lakewood averages 58 in a year, Pueblo 15 in
Colorado towns, ranked
- Lakewoodaverages 58 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Colorado Springsaverages 55 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Arvadaaverages 55 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Westminsteraverages 55 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Fort Collinsaverages 49 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Denveraverages 49 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Auroraaverages 49 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Thorntonaverages 45 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Greeleyaverages 35 inches a year · moderate snow0%no chance
- Puebloaverages 15 inches a year · occasional snow0%no chance
How snow days work in Colorado
There is no single Colorado snow day threshold, which is why this page scores each town separately. Lakewood averages 58 inches of snow a year against Pueblo’s 15, and a district that plans for the first amount does not close for weather that would shut the second one down.
Each score compares what the National Weather Service is forecasting against that town’s own NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, then adds weight for ice, wind and dangerous cold. Every number on this page links through to the full factor breakdown, because the reasoning is the part worth checking.
Sources: National Weather Service forecasts, one per town. Snowfall normals from NOAA’s 1991-2020 US Climate Normals. County lines from the US Census Bureau.