May 11-12 Colorado snow totals: This town got nearly 2 feet
DENVER (KDVR) — Mother’s Day weekend brought rain showers to Denver, snow to Colorado’s mountains and an extreme geomagnetic storm to the world.
Coloradans were treated to a rare sighting of the aurora borealis, or northern lights, which were seen across the country Friday and Saturday.
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While cloudy conditions made it difficult to see the lights in Colorado on Saturday, some places in the metro got thunderstorms and snow piled up in the mountains.
According to National Weather Service data compiled by Iowa State University, San Isabel saw the most snowfall of any Colorado town, with 21 inches falling since Friday.
Next was Alma with 19 inches recorded near Buckskin Street, followed by 18 inches recorded at both Hoosier Pass in Summit County and Hillside in Custer County.
Here’s how much snow has fallen across the state since Friday as of Sunday evening:
County | Location | Inches |
Alamosa | 9 WSW Alamosa | 2.3 |
BOULDER | 1 SW ELDORA | 1 |
CLEAR CREEK | 1 NE ECHO LAKE | 9 |
CLEAR CREEK | 1 WNW LOVELAND PASS | 7 |
Chaffee | 1 WNW Buena Vista | 5 |
Chaffee | 1 WSW Salida | 8 |
Chaffee | 2 SSW Salida | 13 |
Chaffee | 4 WNW Buena Vista | 8 |
Chaffee | Salida | 5.5 |
Clear Creek | Georgetown | 1 |
Costilla | 7 NW Cuchara | 13.1 |
Custer | 3 NNE Silver Cliff | 13.5 |
Custer | 5 NNE Rosita | 17 |
Custer | 5 S Hillside | 18 |
Custer | 5 S Westcliffe | 15 |
Custer | 7 NW San Isabel | 21 |
Custer | Rosita | 14 |
Delta | 6 E Skyway | 2 |
Fremont | Hillside | 12 |
GRAND | 1 NNW BERTHOUD PASS | 4 |
GRAND | 5 WSW GRAND LAKE | 2 |
Gunnison | 1 S Mount Crested Butte | 6 |
Gunnison | 1 SW Pitkin | 3 |
Gunnison | 4 NNE Powderhorn | 2.5 |
Gunnison | 4 NNW Mount Crested But | 10.5 |
Gunnison | 6 WSW Almont | 2.6 |
Gunnison | 8 SSW Waunita Hot Spgs | 5 |
Gunnison | Gunnison | 1 |
Hinsdale | 2 NNE Lake City | 4 |
Huerfano | 1 W Walsenburg | 2.8 |
Huerfano | 3 NE Cuchara | 12 |
Huerfano | 9 W Walsenburg | 5 |
Huerfano | La Veta | 11 |
Lake | 2 NE Leadville | 17.7 |
Las Animas | 1 WNW Stonewall | 10 |
Las Animas | 3 N Cokedale | 3.1 |
Mineral | 3 SSW Creede | 4 |
Mineral | Creede | 9 |
PARK | 3 WNW ALMA | 19 |
PARK | 7 E BLUE RIVER | 12 |
PARK | 9 SE WESTON PASS | 4 |
Park | 4 SSW Alma | 15.5 |
Park | 4 SW Garo | 5 |
Park | Alma | 16.5 |
Pueblo | 1 E Beulah | 2.8 |
Pueblo | 1 SSE Beulah | 3.5 |
Rio Grande | 1 SSW Monte Vista | 4.5 |
SUMMIT | 1 NW CLIMAX | 16 |
SUMMIT | 1 SSE LOVELAND PASS | 4 |
SUMMIT | 1 W COPPER MOUNTAIN | 3 |
SUMMIT | 5 SSW BLUE RIVER | 18 |
SUMMIT | 6 NW SILVERTHORNE | 1 |
Saguache | Saguache | 1.8 |
San Miguel | 7 NE Sawpit | 2.5 |
Summit | 2 SE Breckenridge | 8.2 |
Teller | 1 ENE Divide | 16 |
Teller | 1 N Woodland Park | 10 |
Teller | 1 NNE Woodland Park | 14 |
Teller | 1 NNW Woodland Park | 7.5 |
Teller | 2 N Woodland Park | 14 |
Teller | 2 WSW Divide | 16 |
Teller | 3 WNW Divide | 3.8 |
Teller | 4 NNE Florissant | 2.5 |
Teller | 4 WNW Divide | 15 |
Teller | 8 SSE Florissant | 4 |
Teller | Florissant | 8 |
Teller | Woodland Park | 12 |
Chances for rain showers remain in the forecast for the metro area through Wednesday before warmer temperatures and sunshine return on Thursday and through next weekend.
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