Colorado blizzard is now Denver's 4th largest storm on record

[TexasTowelie]

A historic blizzard that blasted Colorado on Sunday dumped 2 feet of snow in the Denver area, knocked out power to tens of thousands of people, stranded others in their vehicles, shut down major roadways and will leave many schools and government offices closed Monday.

The weekend snowstorm became the fourth-largest ever recorded in Denver with 24.1 inches of snow at the city’s official measurement point at Denver International Airport as of 6 p.m. Sunday — with snow still expected to fall for several more hours.

That total just beat the 23.8 inches of snow that fell on Denver in December 1982, and is the city’s biggest snowfall since 31.8 inches fell in March 2003.

“This has definitely been a historic storm,” said Alan Reppert, senior meteorologist with AccuWeather. “Definitely something that we can thankfully look at as a very rare occurrence.”

Read more: https://www.denverpost.com/2021/03/14/colorado-blizzard-snowstorm-closures-outages/

[liberal N proud]

1. And my daughter was so happy yesterday

Because she and her ski buddies were skiing the new powder on the slopes west of Denver.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Yes, I have a friend that was in Telluride this past weekend.

He posted a couple of photos showing the difference of have a clear deck at a resort versus everything being covered with inches of snow.

[tavernier]

3. My friend moved to the Keys from Denver in January.

She said she is a very happy lady!