DENVER, Colorado — Denver just saw its 11th-largest snowstorm since recordkeeping began in 1882, according to the National Weather Service.
From Tuesday through Saturday, a storm system created snowfalls ranging from 20 inches in Denver to 40 inches in areas like Limon.
It was the third-largest November snowstorm on record for Denver, and the largest November snowstorm since 1983, when 21.5 inches of snow fell in Denver from Nov. 26-27.
In Denver, it snowed 75 of the 88 hours between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. Saturday. Denver International Airport measured 20 inches of snow, which marks about a third of the average snowfall we see per year at the airport. In some areas, the snow that fell was equivalent to about half of the average for an entire winter.
The precipitation in the storm also makes it unusual. Typically, 10 inches of snow translates into one inch of water or rain. This snowfall, it's expected that there was about three inches of rain per every 10 inches of snow.
The next drought monitor will come out on Thursday, and it looks optimistic that areas like Denver, Greeley and Fort Collins that are currently in extreme drought will have some relief. The hope is that it sticks for those areas that desperately need it.