Denver weather: When, where and how much snow to expect on New Year’s Eve

Denver is astir definite to get its 2nd snowfall of the play implicit the adjacent fewer days. The tempest volition beryllium the archetypal clip this play a important magnitude of pulverization volition autumn downtown.

Epxected snowfall amounts done New Years Day. #cowx pic.twitter.com/Z2QMkslbjI

— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) December 30, 2021

According to the National Weather Service successful Boulder, Denver volition beryllium sunny connected Thursday with a precocious of 50 degrees. Winds could gust to 40 mph successful the afternoon, and successful the precocious country, the upwind could howl to 80 mph. The winds volition dilatory down astir sunset arsenic temperatures dip to 26 degrees and the gusts alteration to 25 mph.

Thursday volition beryllium an appetizer to what’s coming successful the mountains, arsenic airy snowfall and blowing snowfall volition marque question difficult.

Denver volition extremity 2021 with a snowfall day. There’s a 50% accidental of snow, chiefly aft 11 a.m., arsenic astir 1 inch volition autumn during the day. Winds volition enactment gusting implicit 20 mph. As the calendar turns, the somesthesia volition plunge to 11 degrees overnight, and the snowfall volition prime up. The accidental for snowfall increases to 90% Friday nighttime with an accumulation of 3 to 5 inches downtown.

In the mountains, snowfall volition proceed done Saturday morning, with 2 feet imaginable crossed Rocky Mountain National Park and the Park Range. There volition beryllium hard question conditions fundamentally statewide Friday night, with the snowfall slowing connected Saturday. Along with the flakes, frigid temperatures with upwind chills reaching beneath zero Friday nighttime and
Saturday nighttime volition determination successful with this storm.

New Year’s Day downtown volition person a precocious of 19 degrees, with a 60% accidental of snowfall chiefly earlier lunch. Saturday nighttime volition spot the mercury autumn to a measly 1 degree.

Those hitting the slopes oregon going for a play getaway successful the hills for the vacation request to be prepared for unsafe driving conditions. That means imaginable beneath zero temperatures and perchance feet of caller snowfall connected backmost roads.

Temperatures volition statesman to lukewarm up Sunday with highs successful the 40s and backmost into the 50s by aboriginal adjacent week.