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A strong storm system moved quickly across northern Colorado Christmas Day which brought strong winds to the foothills and western suburbs of the Denver metro area. Winds of 80 to mph occurred in the foothills with gusts from 60 to 80 mph across the western suburbs of the Denver metro area.

Denver International Airport briefly had snow along with a thunderstorm around midday, however, only a trace of snow fell. Across the northeast plains a few inches of snow accumulated in some areas. Light Snow developed over portions of the area by midday and lingered through the afternoon. A period of heavier snow occurred in the early evening hours with accumulations ranging from 2 to 4 inches across the Denver metro area. Officially 2. This was the second Christmas in a row that measurable snow occurred which is extremely rare.

Furthermore this was the first time on record that snowfall exceeded 1" or more on consecutive Christmas Days. Christmas Day started out dry and mild. However, snow began to fall late in the afternoon and continued through the night. Across the Denver Metro area, amounts ranged from 3 to 6 inches with 8 to 10 inches in the far western suburbs and around Boulder. Snow began on the evening of December 24th and then gradually ended by sunrise on Christmas morning.

Snow accumulations were generally in the 2 to 4 inch range around Denver with up to 6 inches in Boulder. Christmas made 6 of the last 7 years in which at least 1 inch of snow has been on the ground for Christmas Day. The last time this happened was from through Meanwhile the high temperature in Denver was 16 degrees which was the 3rd coldest on record for Christmas Day. A snowstorm affected the Front Range from the evening on December 21st which ended by midday on December 22nd.

The official snowfall for Denver was 7. In the foothills to the west and southwest of Denver snowfall accumulations of 18" to 36" occurred with the storm.

In 5 out of the last 6 years there has been at least one inch of snow on the ground for Christmas Day. Christmas Day was mild and dry with a high of 52 degrees and a low of Christmas Day was the 4th white Christmas in a row, with snow falling off and on from December 22nd through December 26th.

A total of 7. Only a trace of new snowfall was recorded on Christmas Day. Snow depth peaked at 5 inches on Christmas Eve, settling down to 3 inches on Christmas Day. Temperatures were quite cold with a high of only 24 degrees and a low temperature of 1 below zero!

Christmas featured dry weather and near normal temperatures, with a high of 48 and a low of Even though there was no snowfall on the date, there was still one inch of snow on the ground Christmas morning, officially making it a white Christmas. A record 7. This broke the old record of Christmas Day snowfall which was 6. January , Boulder: 3.

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