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Denver's First Snow Was The Biggest In 11 Years, Up Next Is Fierce Wind

More than four inches fell Thursday, the most since October 2011.

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The weather story on Friday quickly shifts from snow to cold with high temperatures only in the 40s or about 15 colder than normal.
The weather story on Friday quickly shifts from snow to cold with high temperatures only in the 40s or about 15 colder than normal. (CBS)

By Ashton Altieri, CBS Denver:

The first snow of the season arrived more than two weeks later than average and brought Denver the biggest first snow of the season since 2012.

The snow that started to fall Thursday afternoon and wrapped up early Friday morning brought 4.5 inches at Denver International Airport. That's the biggest first snowfall of the season since 8.5 inches fell on October 25-26, 2011.

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