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Posted: **Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:28 pm**

Our total in our yard (in Louisville) was 21"... but it's settling fast and is much less now.

Did Green Mountain (the one in Boulder) last night. It was waist to low chest deep on the summit. Fun!!

Posted: **Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:08 pm**

Looks like our total in Fort Collins was officially 21.6 inches. A lot of snow, but not like some 20+ inch storms of the past.
My back is telling me I need a snowblower!!

Posted: **Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:10 pm**

Littleton got 24 inches at the most. It was a winter storm warning for like 2 days straight.

Posted: **Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:17 pm**

It's 74 and sunny here. Oh wait, wrong forum

Posted: **Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:55 am**

Day Hiker wrote:He told me that many flights were cancelled. His flight was not, and it got here on time somehow.

Not relevant to the discussion, but 254.0 minutes is 4 hr 14 min.

Oh, phooey. You're right. Apparently my math skills are compromised, along with a few other things... :oops:

Posted: **Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:14 am**

MarthaP wrote:
Day Hiker wrote:He told me that many flights were cancelled. His flight was not, and it got here on time somehow.

Not relevant to the discussion, but 254.0 minutes is 4 hr 14 min.

Oh, phooey. You're right. Apparently my math skills are compromised, along with a few other things...

Please for give my compulsion to notice and correct all numerical errors in everything I see. Like I stated, it's hardly relevant, since either number is an extremely long delay.

Was this storm particularly unusual for October? I recall that the five snowiest months in the Front Range are December through April, with November maybe being number 6, if I'm not mistaken.

Posted: **Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:16 pm**

DH - no apology necessary. Coming from you it's a good thing!

Perhaps others who've live in CO longer than my 8 years could answer your question more effectively, but it's my experience that this amount of snow this early is pretty unique. March is traditionally the snowiest month because of the way the monsoonal flow sets up. But most of the time October is significantly more dry and why oftentimes the resorts are scrambling to get enough snow made for Thanksgiving openings.

Posted: **Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:33 pm**

I recall that the five snowiest months in the Front Range are December through April, with November maybe being number 6, if I'm not mistaken.

Actually, in Denver the snowiest months on average are as follows:

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?codenv

1. March
2/3. November/April
4. January
5/6. February/December
7. October
8/9. May/September.

In Denver, November and April are so close that the running long term average can be tipped either way from year to year. Same with February/December and May/September. One big snowstorm leans the running average slightly in one direction.

The rest of the Front Range is pretty similar. March, April and November are usually the snowiest months on average, with some local variations in the north and south areas of the Front Range (such as Fort Collins or Estes Park and around Trinidad/Walsenburg).

Fort Collins:

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?cofcol

Boulder:

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?coboul

Buckhorn Mountain:

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?cobuck

Georgetown:

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?cogeor

Evergreen:

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?coever

Colorado Springs:

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?cocspr

Walsenburg:

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?cowals

Posted: **Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:49 pm**

Scott, I'm working in Laramie next few weeks. Interested in climbing something on a weekend soon? I can bring my gear up Monday of one week and drive towards you. Send me a PM if you have time!

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