National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

February 5th through 7th, 2020 Snow Event

A moist air mass combined with a strong upper level jet stream caused an extended period of heavy snowfall across the mountains, southern foothills and portions of the I-25 corridor from Denver south to the Palmer Divide.  

Very heavy snow occurred in the mountains from Thursday through Friday with 18" to 36" common.  A few areas received from 4 to 5 feet of snow.  At lower elevations, along the front range, 6 to 14 inches occurred over portions of the Denver metro area with up to 20" in the southern Foothills.