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When will Denver see its first snow of the season? Today is the last day to enter YOUR guess and have a chance to win this year's contest!
Today is the last day to enter your guess for when Denver will see its first measurable snow of the season. This is the 11th year we've done the contest , with the winners this year set to pick up our special 15 year anniversary shirt as the prize! You can enter the contest here , you have until midnight tonight!
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Eleventh annual First Snowfall Prediction Contest starts today!
Afternoon highs in the 80s and overnight lows near 50°F have anyone else thinking snow? Just me? Well, if this crisp autumn air isn't getting you in the mood, hopefully this post will. We're now less than 4 weeks from the date of Denver's average first snowfall, October 18th. And, while the last two years have featured later than average first snows in the city, as recently as 2020 Denver's first measurable snow came more than a month early (September 8th that year [https://www.weather5280.com
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Tenth annual snowfall forecast contest comes to an end as Denver picks up first snow of the season
A nice little boom snowfall for a few folks that ended up under jet-enduced snowbands Thursday evening. Denver, officially, will log 4.5" of snow with this system, even as many locations across central and northern parts of the city saw about half that much snow (or perhaps a bit less than that in some cases). A healthy band set up over the southwest reaches of the metro area, and extended northeast clipping DIA to help boost snowfall totals at the airport. A look at snowfall totals over the
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Tenth annual First Snowfall Prediction Contest starts today!
Time to dust off the ol' winter weather forecasting hats and once again put your skills to the test as the First Measurable Snowfall Prediction Contest 2022 starts... today! The contest will run from today, October 3rd 2022, until midnight October 10th (weather permitting). It's hard to believe this is the tenth year we've run this contest. We've offered many different prizes over the decade, from lift tickets to
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Ninth annual snowfall forecast contest comes to an end
Last week Denver finally saw its first measurable snow of the season . While some parts of the metro area received a, dare I say, respectable 1 to 2" of snow, the official total entered into the records for Denver will be 0.3" recorded at Denver International Airport Friday. There are so many striking statistics about the slow start to this snow season. One
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Ninth annual First Snowfall Prediction Contest starts today!
The First Measurable Snowfall Prediction Contest 2021 starts today, and runs until midnight of Monday, September 27th (weather permitting). It's been another hot September across the region, but snow will be in the forecast before you know it. Time to put on your forecasting hat and think SNOW! There are a couple of changes to the forecast this year. The first is that first place won't be ski lift tickets as it'
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First snow of the season in the books for Denver, ties second earliest on record
It's official, Denver picked up 1.0" of snow at DIA on Tuesday marking the first measurable snowfall in September since 2000, and the tying the second earliest snowfall on record, set first in 1962. Here is the almanac data for Tuesday, September 8th, 2020: First snowfall prediction contest comes to a close A record 43 of you picked September 8th as the first official snowfall in this year's Snowfall Prediction Contest [https://www.weather5280.com/contests/first-snowfall-prediction-contest-d
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Eighth annual First Snowfall Prediction Contest starts today!
It's back! And, this year the chance to participate will only last for a brief window of time. The First Measurable Snowfall Prediction Contest 2020 starts today, and runs through midnight Sunday. That's it! Four days to get your ducks in a row and think SNOW. Why now? Well, there's not a zero chance that it might snow next week. (We'll have more on that later today). Why else? 😀 It's been a long, hot summer.
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Season's First Measurable Snow for Denver Means Has Contest Come to a Close
For the third year in a row, Denver's first measurable snow has come before the median first date of Denver's first snow, October 18th. Denver officially recorded 1.0" of snow with Thursday's storm, though much of the metro area saw more than this . This year, there were 33 contestants that guessed the correct date –– many of those entries coming as the storm began to look more sure (the contest didn't close unti
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Seventh Annual First Snowfall Prediction Contest Starts Today!
Even as we cook through what is to date Denver's hottest September on record... the first snowfall of the season is quickly approaching, with the average date for the city's first measurable snow coming in just over three weeks from today. Month to date the average temperature at Denver International Airport has been a warm 70.7°F, some 6°F above average for the period. With more warm weather in the forecast, it looks like 2019 may very well set a new record for September, beating out the previ
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Season's First (Official) Measurable Snow for Denver as Contest Comes to a Close
Well, this is probably the least exciting way to end the first measurable snowfall forecast contest , but Denver International Airport picked up 0.5" of snow early this morning bringing the contest to a close early. Most of us saw nothing at all, aside from a few flakes mixing in late. Perhaps another reason why Denver's official weather station should be moved ! Evaporative cool
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Sixth Annual First Snowfall Prediction Contest Starts Today!
Although chilly today , it seems like every year we kick this off we're coming fresh out of a record-setting heat wave with snow snowhere on the mind. But before we miss the opportunity, and with October just a few short days away... today we kick off the SIXTH annual First Measurable Snowfall Prediction Contest ! It will be open for two weeks, closing the night of October 12th (provided we don't get sno
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Snowfall Totals from Season's First Snow as Contest Comes to a Close
Denver recorded its first official snowfall of the season yesterday, October 9, with 2.8" of snow accumulating at Denver International Airport. With that, for the first time in years, the first snowfall prediction contest has come to a close early. In the end, 48 people guessed the correct day, with the majority of those folks guessing between 0.10" and 4" for the snowfall total. Of those that guessed the correct date, not all of them waited for our snowfall forecast to do so. The winner of th
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Fifth Annual First Snowfall Prediction Contest Starts Today!
Well, if yesterday's article on Denver's snow stats didn't get you in the mood for snow, maybe the beautiful weekend coming up will? No, there's no snow currently in the forecast, but it's that time of year when that can change in a hurry. Denver's average first snowfall is just a few weeks away (October 18th), and the cool temperatures over the last week have reminded us that the seasons are indeed changing. So
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With First Measurable Snowfall, Forecast Contest Comes to a Close
Yesterday, Denver recorded its first measurable snowfall of the season. Denver International Airport recorded 1.7" of snow which is more than enough to qualify as a measurable snowfall at DIA. Remarkably, this comes almost a month later than our average first snow (October 18th), and just days away from setting a new record for the latest first snowfall on record [/blog/2016/11/02/denvers-snowless-f
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Fourth Annual First Snowfall Prediction Contest Starts Today!
It's hard to believe, really, that September on average sees 1.0" of snow in Denver. This, after Denver International Airport recorded yet another high of 90° (😱) on Monday, and we're now closing in on 16 years since the last time the city saw any measurable snowfall in the month. Nonetheless, it is indeed getting to be that time of year again. Snow is certainly not unheard of in September, with the city'
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Denver Records First Measurable Snowfall; Contest Comes to a Close
It's been nearly a month since our third annual first measurable snowfall contest came to a close. Over the last weeks it's been a nail-biter waiting in great anticipation who will walk away this year's winner as Denver is buried in feet of snow. Well, last night, in somewhat lackluster fashion, Denver International Airport recorded 1" of snow, marking the first measurable s
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Third Annual First Snowfall Prediction Contest Starts Today!
Some combination of coming off the hottest September on record and time flying faster than usual has drawn serious doubts that we'd have a first snowfall prediction contest this year here at Weather5280. I'm happy to announce today that the third annual First Measurable Snowfall Prediction Contest is a go! The contest runs from today, September 30th, 2015 through October 8th, 20
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Congratulations to Winners of Weather5280’s First Snowfall Prediction Contest 2014!
Well, we had to work extra hard to get here this year, but the first measurable snowfall contest has finally occurred! Denver International Airport recorded 0.2” of snow yesterday (November 11, 2014), which (unremarkably) counts as Denver’s first measurable snowfall of the season. Contestants overwhelmingly picked the first snowfall to come during October, and rightfully so. Yesterday’s snowfall came 24 days after the average first snowfall in Denver
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First Measurable Snowfall Prediction Contest 2014
It’s already snowed once, now it’s time to predict when it will snow for real! I’m not asleep at the wheel per se, but busy, really busy. With that, I narrowly escaped missing our annual first measurable snowfall forecast contest. Not to worry; had last week’s early season cold shot given us our first measurable snow, we would have figured out another way to challenge your forecasting skills! The contest This year’s first place prize will be 2 lift tickets to Arapahoe Basin ski area [http://www