Denver made it through March, typically Colorado’s snowiest month, with only two inches of snowfall. According to National Weather Service records, that makes it the city’s eighth least snowiest March on record.
On average, Denver has seen about 11.5 inches of snow each year in March since NWS first started recording monthly snowfall data in 1882.
This year’s 2-inch accumulation fell below that average and ranked in the top ten for Denver’s least snowy Marches, tying for eighth. Other top historic dry spells include:
- Trace amounts of snow recorded in 2017
- Trace amounts of snow recorded in 2012
- 0.3 inches of snow recorded in 1883
- 0.4 inches of snow recorded in 1911
- 0.5 inches of snow recorded in 1885
- 1.1 inches of snow recorded in 1887
- 1.8 inches of snow recorded in 2004
- 2 inches of snow recorded in 1882
- 2.1 inches of snow recorded in 1982
- 2.1 inches of snow recorded in 1908
Denver’s snowfall has fluctuated widely from yearly averages throughout the winter season — not just in March — according to NWS records.
