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Colorado Front Range Heavy Snow Events 1979-2013



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This web page lists snow events with 15" or greater on the Colorado Front Range, from 1979 to 2012

Images are from St. Louis University - CIPS

Links to Reanalysis loops are links to Penn State E-Wall, NCEP North American Regional Reanalysis data

1979
March 31st-April 3rd, 1979     Reanalysis loop of 3/31/79

1979-1980
November 18th-21st, 1979     Reanalysis loop of 11/20/79
December 26th-29th, 1979     Reanalysis loop of 12/27/79
On   January 24th-27th, 1980   Cheyenne got over 22" in 3 days     Reanalysis loop of 1/26/80
March 27th-30th, 1980, Plains    3/27     3/28     3/29     3/30
    3/31     4/1     4/2
March 31st-April 2nd, 1980, Wyoming
April 22nd-25th, 1980     Reanalysis Loop of 4/24/80

1980-81
March 2nd-5th, 1981     Reanalysis Loop of 3/4/81

1981-82
March 2nd-5th, 1982     Reanalysis Loop of 3/3/82

1982-83
December 23rd-26th,Christmas, "Denver Blizzard of 1982"
Reanalysis loop of 12/24/82     Reanalysis loop of 12/25/82
March 4th-7th, 1983     Reanalysis loop of 3/5/83

1983-84
November 25th-28th, 1983     Reanalysis loop of 11/26/83

1984-85
March 27th-30th, 1985     Reanalysis Loop of 3/30/85

1985-86
December 7th-10th, 1985 Wyoming     Reanalysis loop of 12/9/85
April 2nd-5th, 1986     Reanalysis loop of 4/3/86

1987-88
December 25th-28th, 1987 Nebraska, Colorado     Reanalysis loop of 12/27/87
March 9th-12th, 1988 Wyoming     Reanalysis loop of 3/11/88
March 31st-April 2nd, 1988     Reanalysis loop of 4/1/88

1988-89
February 2nd-5th, 1989 Colorado, New Mexico     Reanalysis loop of 2/4/89

1989-90
January 17th-20th, 1990 Colorado, New Mexico     Reanalysis loop of 1/19/90
February 18th-21st, 1990 New Mexico     Reanalysis loop of 2/20/90
March 5th-8th, 1990 Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska     Reanalysis loop of 3/7/90

1990-91
April 10th-13th, 1991, Montana, Wyoming     Reanalysis loop of 4/12/91

1991-92
October 30th-November 1st, 1991, "The Perfect Snowstorm"     Reanalysis loop of 10/31/91
Reanalysis loop of 10/28 to 11/2

November 16th-19th, 1991     Reanalysis loop of 11/17/91
March 3rd-6th, 1992     Reanalysis loop of 3/4/92

1993-94
November 11th-14th, 1993     Reanalysis loop of 11/13/93     Reanalysis loop of 11/14/93

1994-95
April 8th-11th, 1995 Montana, Colorado, Plains     Reanalysis loop of 4/9/95

1996-97
April 22nd-25th, 1997     Reanalysis loop of 4/24/97

1997-98
October 23rd-26th, 1997 "Denver Blizzard of '97"     Reanalysis loop of 10/25/97
November 27th-30th, 1997     Reanalysis loop of 11/28/97
March 17th-20th, 1998     Reanalysis loop of 3/18/98

1998-99
April 21st-24th, 1999     Reanalysis loop of 4/23

1999-2000
March 30th-April 1st, 2000     Reanalysis loop of 4/1/00

2002-03
March 17th-20th, 2003, "Denver Blizzard of 2003"     Reanalysis loop of 3/18/03


2004-05
January 28th-31st,2005     Reanalysis loop of 1/30/05
April 9th-12th, 2005     Reanalysis loop of 4/11/05

2006-07
December 19th-22nd, 2006 "Denver Blizzard of 2006"     Reanalysis loop of 12/20/06
December 27th-30th, 2006, "Denver Blizzard 2"   48" of snow in New Mexico
Reanalysis loop of 12/29/06

2008-09
April 16th-19th, 2009 Colorado, Wyoming     Reanalysis loop of 4/18/09

2009-10
October 27th-30th, 2009 Colorado, Wyoming     Reanalysis loop of 10/28/09

2011-12
February 2nd-5th, 2012, "Denver Blizzard"     Reanalysis loop of 2/3/12

2012-13
April 15th-18th, 2013     Reanalysis Loop of 4/16/13


Purpose of this web site

The purpose is to provide high quality information on historical storms and provide links to weather information.