Happy May Day 2013!
After three days of temps in the 60’s & 70’s, May roared in with SNOW – 7” inches expected before all ends later today 🙂
Rainfall turned to snow flurries around midnight in Boulder, and the official snowfall for the city was 3 inches as of 7 a.m., according to meteorologist Matt Kelsch.
The record for May 1 is 6.2 inches set in 1973, and in 1978 Boulder saw 23 inches fall over a two-day span in early May.
UPDATE:
Boulder saw a total of 12.1 inches of snow for the May 1 snowstorm according to local meteorologist Matt Kelsch. The total nearly doubled the previous May 1 record of 6.2 inches and has Boulder way ahead of the average snowfall for the month of May, which is only an inch.
Kelsch also said this morning’s low of 17 was the coldest temperature ever recorded in May, breaking the previous record of 20 set on May 3, 1907.
May Day 2013 SNOW!
Tue April 9th SNOW – 14.5 inches
The system dumped a record 14.5 inches of snow in Boulder and also broke a record low temperature early Wednesday morning.
The previous record for an April 9 snowfall was 11.8 inches, set in 1989. By 6 p.m. Tuesday, Boulder saw 13.1 inches of snow, and the city recorded 14.5 over the entire course of the storm, according to local meteorologist Matt Kelsch.
The storm also brought a large swing in temperatures.
After a high of 62 on Monday, temperatures in Boulder skidded all the way down to 2 degrees just after 6 a.m. Wednesday, breaking the record low for the day of 5, set April 10, 1959.
Mon April 15th SNOW – 13.9 inches
Boulder saw 13.9 inches of snow throughout Monday’s snow storm, according to local meteorologist Matt Kelsch. Temperatures this morning also dipped to 22, just one off the record low of 21 for April 16 set in 1947.
After the record snowfall prompted a rare snow day Monday, the University of Colorado announced this morning it will re-open the campus today.
UPDATE: Mon April 22nd SNOW – 10.2 inches
After heavy overnight snowfall, Boulder has set a new record for snow in the month of April at almost four feet, according to local meteorologist Matt Kelsch.
Boulder saw 10.2 inches of snow as of 7 a.m. today, bringing the total snowfall for the month of April to 46.2 inches, breaking the previous record of 44 set in 1957.
Boulder also saw a record-low temperature of 20 degrees this morning, breaking the old record for April 23 of 22 degrees.
Today was one of those days where you hate to go into work.
With more than a foot of fresh powder (yeah, in April), would have rather popped on snow-shoes & taken Ro for a long hike in the mountains. The consistency of spring snow is moisture heavy but still akin to powdered sugar. LOVE lacing up my boots and watching Ro furrow his head under snow drifts higher than his being. No matter the month – Ro LOVES snow!
After our walk, Ro maintains his head high/bouncing gait into the house, takes a drink, then quickly resettles upstairs on our king sleigh bed – enjoying a ‘Pride Rock’ view of the snow pummeled neighborhood below. He can lay there for hours – growling low as he warns of coyotes, rabbits or other neighborhood dogs. (No outdoor cats in my ‘hood, coyotes take care of that within days.)
Spring & summer will be here soon enough. Sure I’m eager to climb my first 14er of the year but no need rushing through ‘snow season’ (albeit late into April). 4 more inches forecasted tomorrow.
Sunshine dreaming before my next scheduled half marathon — this weekend in Fort Collins 🙂
Avalanche Warning – Colorado spring season!
One of my former co-workers Emily posted on Facebook: “Sometimes the weekends with no plans end up being the best ones! Feeling relaxed and refreshed!” AGREED!
More than 10 inches of late season snow accumulated over Friday nite/Saturday. This is Colorado, it happens — but rarely on a lazy Saturday morning. Timing for this storm ROCKED!
Ro & I wrestled for an hour in the early a.m., watched FREE movies over the snowy weekend (thanks Louisville library) & of course, enjoyed multiple walks in our ‘hood – around both Hecla & Waneka lakes. Good times!
Gonna be a dry hot summer, I’m not rushing Spring (take note East Coasters). Can prepare tax returns next week – really any excuse to delay filing would have worked 🙂
catching snowflakes Colorado style
