Denver, CO Weather
Today's Forecast
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and 10pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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Data from the National Weather Service
Last updated Sat, Aug 22, 6:46 PM UTC
Winter in Denver
Denver averages 49 inches of snow a year, according to NOAA’s 1991–2020 climate normals — a regular snow place. Snow several times a winter, well-practised response. Closures happen but need a real storm.
That is why local snowfall thresholds differ so much from one town to the next: a district that plans for 49 inches a year is equipped differently from one that never sees any. Here, roughly 6 inches in a single storm is where a normal school day comes under threat.
Upper air over Denver
The nearest radiosonde launch is Denver, about 6 miles away. A weather balloon goes up twice a day and measures temperature, humidity and wind all the way through the atmosphere — which is what forecasters actually read to judge whether storms will fire, and how a surface forecast was arrived at.