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White Christmas In Colorado? You Never Know...
Denver metro has a prediction of snow this week, but it won't likely show up til late Christmas night, unless there's some holiday magic.
DENVER, CO – It's looking like a white Christmas in Denver is unlikely. But you never know! The Denver metro area has a prediction of snow this week, but it won't likely show up til late Christmas night and into Wednesday, the day after Christmas. There may be a white Christmas in the mountains, though.
The National Weather Service reports that snow has fallen in Denver on Christmas day only 15 percent of the time since observations began more than a century ago.
The heaviest snowfall on Christmas Day since records began in 1882 was 7.8 inches which occurred in 2007, the NWS said. If a white Christmas just means having snow on the ground on Christmas day, the odds increase to 38 percent (45 days in 118 years since snow depth measurements began in 1900). The most snow ever recorded on the ground in Denver on Christmas Day was 24 inches which was measured after the Christmas Eve blizzard of 1982, the NWS said.
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Meanwhile here's the weather forecast for the upcoming week:
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Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Light and variable wind becoming north northwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. Light south southwest wind.
Christmas Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 5 mph.
Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39.
Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21.
Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34.
Thursday Night:Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15.
Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 35.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 17.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 43.
The extended outlook thru the Christmas Holiday week calls for continued cold & unsettled conditions in the high country. A good chance for widespread snow is expected across the lower elevations late Tuesday into Thursday. #COwx pic.twitter.com/a6k4ndmw51
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) December 23, 2018
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