First snow 2026-27 ยท Denver, CO

When does Denver get its first snow?

None yet through Nov 7, 21 days past the normal date (Oct 17). 20 of 133 winters since 1882 went past Nov 7 without measurable snow.

This winter
None yet
Normal date
Oct 17 (1991-2020 median)
Earliest on record
Sep 3, 1961
Latest on record
Dec 10, 2021
Record since
1874 (133 winters)
Station
Denver International Airport
Snow so far
0 in

Common questions

When does Denver get its first snow?

Around Oct 17. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Denver International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.

Has Denver had its first snow this winter?

None yet through Nov 7, 21 days past the normal date (Oct 17). 20 of 133 winters since 1882 went past Nov 7 without measurable snow.

What is the earliest first snow on record in Denver?

Sep 3, 1961, in a record that goes back to 1874.

What is the latest first snow on record in Denver?

Dec 10, 2021.

Every winter on record

First snow in Denver by season
SeasonDateSnow
2025-26Nov 290.2 in
2024-25Nov 52.3 in
2023-24Oct 285.3 in
2022-23Nov 34.5 in
2021-22Dec 100.3 in
2020-21Sep 81 in
2019-20Oct 101 in
2018-19Oct 60.5 in
2017-18Oct 92.8 in
2016-17Nov 171.7 in
2015-16Nov 51 in
2014-15Nov 110.1 in
2013-14Oct 181.4 in
2012-13Oct 50.4 in
2011-12Oct 250.5 in
2010-11Nov 151.5 in
2009-10Oct 211.5 in
2008-09Nov 140.1 in
2007-08Oct 213 in
2006-07Oct 173.4 in
2005-06Oct 90.6 in
1994-95Sep 211.4 in
1993-94Sep 135.4 in
1992-93Oct 290.1 in
1991-92Oct 41 in
1990-91Oct 72.8 in
1989-90Sep 122.3 in
1988-89Nov 152.5 in
1987-88Nov 156.1 in
1986-87Oct 100.8 in
1985-86Sep 288.3 in
1984-85Sep 250.1 in
1983-84Nov 81.8 in
1982-83Oct 191.2 in
1981-82Oct 242.4 in
1980-81Oct 271.5 in
1979-80Oct 292.4 in
1978-79Oct 221.7 in
1977-78Oct 313.3 in
1976-77Oct 266.3 in
1975-76Oct 232.7 in
1974-75Sep 121.8 in
1973-74Oct 100.1 in
1972-73Oct 290.2 in
1971-72Sep 162.7 in
1970-71Sep 241.6 in
1969-70Oct 39.8 in
1968-69Oct 80.4 in
1967-68Oct 291.7 in
1966-67Oct 130.7 in
1965-66Sep 203.5 in
1964-65Nov 144.2 in
1963-64Oct 311.1 in
1962-63Sep 80.7 in
1961-62Sep 34.2 in
1960-61Oct 141 in
1959-60Sep 280.5 in
1958-59Oct 280.5 in
1957-58Oct 243.5 in
1956-57Oct 240.3 in
1955-56Sep 190.2 in
1954-55Oct 250.2 in
1953-54Oct 230.1 in
1952-53Oct 141.2 in
1951-52Sep 214.2 in
1950-51Nov 20.6 in
1949-50Oct 194 in
1947-48Oct 221.6 in
1946-47Oct 74 in
1945-46Oct 212.1 in
1944-45Nov 140.1 in
1943-44Oct 312.5 in
1942-43Sep 260.3 in
1941-42Oct 300.4 in
1940-41Nov 104.2 in
1939-40Oct 295.6 in
1938-39Oct 190.5 in
1937-38Oct 180.8 in
1936-37Sep 260.2 in
1935-36Sep 272.8 in
1934-35Nov 211 in
1933-34Nov 41.8 in
1932-33Oct 180.6 in
1931-32Nov 191 in
1930-31Oct 160.5 in
1929-30Oct 280.5 in
1928-29Oct 167.3 in
1927-28Sep 261.6 in
1926-27Oct 230.4 in
1925-26Oct 175 in
1924-25Nov 61.3 in
1923-24Oct 123.7 in
1922-23Oct 170.5 in
1921-22Oct 71 in
1920-21Oct 230.5 in
1919-20Oct 271.9 in
1918-19Nov 64.9 in
1917-18Oct 200.7 in
1916-17Oct 150.5 in
1915-16Oct 112 in
1914-15Oct 230.4 in
1913-14Sep 244 in
1912-13Oct 213.5 in
1911-12Oct 203 in
1910-11Oct 270.4 in
1909-10Nov 124.6 in
1908-09Sep 265.9 in
1907-08Sep 301.5 in
1906-07Oct 202.2 in
1905-06Oct 140.8 in
1904-05Oct 182 in
1903-04Oct 150.6 in
1902-03Nov 154 in
1901-02Oct 122 in
1900-01Oct 302 in
1899-00Oct 150.5 in
1898-99Oct 160.4 in
1897-98Oct 162.9 in
1896-97Oct 280.7 in
1895-96Sep 2211.4 in
1894-95Nov 162.6 in
1893-94Oct 12.6 in
1892-93Oct 300.3 in
1891-92Nov 80.7 in
1890-91Oct 91.2 in
1889-90Oct 298 in
1888-89Nov 70.1 in
1887-88Oct 230.3 in
1886-87Nov 101 in
1885-86Oct 200.3 in
1884-85Oct 260.2 in
1883-84Oct 231 in
1882-83Nov 113.5 in

Sources

https://ryanhallyall.com/trackers/first-snow/denver