Denver breaks record for latest date without measurable snow
The city's average first date of snow is Oct. 18.
Denver breaks the record for latest date with non-measurable snow.
(FOX Weather)
Denver has broken the record for the latest date without measurable snow, beating the old record set on Nov. 21, 1934.
As of Monday, Denver has yet to receive measurable snow. For the snow to be considered measurable, there needs to be at least 0.1 inches of accumulation.
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The city's average first date of snow is Oct. 18. Denver's last time seeing measurable snow was 215 days ago on April 21.
Denver snow statistics
The average date for the first measurable snow is Oct. 18.
The latest date for the first measurable snow in Denver was previously Nov. 21, 1934, but the city had yet to see snow as of Nov. 22, 2021.
There have only been three years in the last 10 with measurable snow in November – 2014, 2015 and 2016.
The greatest number of consecutive days without measurable snow for the city is 235.
Denver's consecutive days for non-measurable snow
The first measurable snowfall dates in the past 10 years:
- 2020 – Sept. 8
- 2019 – Oct. 10
- 2018 – Oct. 6
- 2017 – Oct. 9
- 2016 – Nov. 17
- 2015 – Nov. 5
- 2014 – Nov. 11
- 2013 – Oct. 18
- 2012 – Oct. 5
- 2011 – Oct. 25
The latest first measurable snows on record:
- Nov. 21, 1934
- Nov. 19, 1931
- Nov. 17, 2016
- Nov. 16, 1894
- Nov. 15, 2010
- Nov. 15, 1988
- Nov. 15, 1987
- Nov. 15, 1902