A potentially colder/further south look to Sunday/Monday's low. Good news for better odds for more moisture. Sunday/Monday = probably the next good chance for widespread precip for the Denver area/mountains. #COwx

Still, these are the kinds of annoying gusty storms today + tomorrow that produce localized gusty winds. Could lead to a brief disruption or two at DIA. Again, higher odds for one of these annoying storms tomorrow.

One or two gusty showers in the foothills today, slightly better odds tomorrow. Dry/warm/mainly quiet until Sunday. #COwx

⛅️ Sunny to start and a bit cooler than yesterday, with a high in the upper 70s in Denver. Clouds increase this afternoon, with a chance for an isolated gusty shower west/south of Denver between 2-7p. Most stay dry. 🌡️ Near 90° tomorrow with a 30% afternoon storm chance. #COwx

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While this week's generally hot + dry with only a slight mid-week rain/storm chance, next week looks a bit more promising for some showers/storms. First chance will be Sunday/Monday. #COwx

Wildfire northeast of Carter Lake (near Loveland) prompting mandatory evacuations. Winds are light in the area (10-20 mph), but very dry (10-15% humidity). More info ->

Suncor in Commerce City appears to be the source of the smoke plume visible across much of the Denver area. Based on area cameras, it appears the smoke's diminished in the last few mins. Photo: Calvin Schut

Good shot at our first 90°+ of the year on Wednesday, which would be about a month earlier than our average first 90°+ (June 10). No great rain chances until potentially early next week. Some isolated stuff possible Thursday/Friday, though. #COwx

🌡️ Heating up: Mostly sunny with a high in the mid-80s, not far from the daily record (90°, 2022). 🌤️ A weak overnight cold front will drop highs into the upper 70s tomorrow, warming back up Wednesday. No meaningful rain since chances until Thursday/Friday. #COwx

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Last night’s cold front brought some beneficial rain to Larimer/Weld Counties. Lots of 0.25”+ rain reports. Of course it brought some pretty disruptive 40-50 mph winds last night as well… #COwx

🌤️ Happy Mothers Day! After some AM clouds, turning beautiful: upper 60s, mostly sunny, light winds. Should be perfect for outdoor plans today! 🌡️ Much hotter tomorrow with a high in the upper 80s with a few PM clouds. No meaningful rain chances until Thursday/Friday. #COwx

46 mph gust at DIA as a cold front pushes through. Wind will gradually relax this evening. #COwx

5:20p: Nasty line of storms with 60-70 mph winds and up to ping pong ball size hail moving into eastern Weld/Morgan/Logan Counties. Will approach I-76 within the hour. #COwx

Mid-70s, sunshine, virtually zero fire danger. Avs tonight. Happy Saturday!

Based on the video of the incident, it looks like the plane was close to V1 speed when it struck the pedestrian. Feedback from a few commercial pilot friends: likely very good split decision-making by the pilots on this plane. And potentially second/seconds away from disaster.

Runway 17L remains closed at DIA

Scary situation at DIA last night: a Frontier flight hit a pedestrian on runway 17L while taking off, killing the pedestrian. Plane had to abort takeoff, smoke filled the cabin, with 12 minor injuries. 5 transported to the hospital.

🌦️ Warm and breezy with a high in the upper 70s today, so notably warmer than yesterday. A 40% chance for showers/storms after 6p tonight, best chance north/east. 🌷 A beautiful Mother's Day tomorrow, with light winds, mostly sunny skies, and a high near 70° in Denver! #COwx

Models have been strongly hinting at an active end to May and early June for Colorado. While severe weather season is certainly off to a late start here, (and it'll stay relatively calm over the next 10-14 days), it may come in fast and furious in a few weeks' time. #COwx

Mother's Day weather looks pristine -> Hot next week -> Next chance for storms after tomorrow will probably be next Thursday/Friday. #COwx

A few stronger storms likely tomorrow afternoon and night north and east of Denver. A few models hinting some late night showers/storms in/near Denver tomorrow night also. Severe threat low in town. Northeast Plains storm timing: 5-11p Denver: 8p-3a #COwx

It's Colorado's hottest start to a year (Jan-Apr) on record by more than two degrees. That's a blowout in climate terms. Also nearly 8° above average. NCEI statewide records (below) date back to 1895. #COwx

9 years ago today, the costliest hailstorm in U.S. and Colorado history pummeled the west side of the Denver metro area. An estimated 150k auto insurance claims came in after baseball-size hail blasted Wheat Ridge, Arvada, and Lakewood. It destroyed the Colorado Mills mall. What do you remember?

6:20a: A few bonus rain showers in Weld County this morning! These’ll dissipate as they move southeast. Denver won’t see the rain from this, just a few clouds this morning.

🌤️ A mix of sun and clouds and a tick warmer than yesterday, with a high near 70° in Denver. Light winds as well. 🌡️ Warming up with an isolated afternoon shower/rumble of thunder both days this weekend, with highs in the mid-70s. 80s early next week! #COwx

🌅 Happy first 8pm or later sunset of 2026, Denver! We’ll have 8p or later sunsets all the way through August 11th. #COwx

Almost every city on this list either doubled or nearly doubled their year-to-date precipitation from this week's storm alone.

Select precipitation totals from this week's storm: Estes Park: 2.35" Fort Collins (CSU): 1.75" Boulder: 1.71" Evergreen: 1.32" Wheat Ridge: 1.06" Denver (downtown): 1.05" Denver (DIA): 0.85" Pueblo: 0.41" Colorado Springs (airport): 0.28" So needed and good to see! #COwx

4.0 earthquake on the Colorado-New Mexico line west of Trinidad...anyone feel it? Trinidad? Walsenburg? #COwx

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming. #COwx

🥶 Goodbye, snow: After a chilly start and a hard freeze early this AM, temps rebound nicely back up to near 70° for a high today under lots of sun! That’ll melt the snow quick. 🌡️ Staying dry and warmer tomorrow and this weekend (70s) before 80s return early next week. #COwx

Yikes. Big branch falling in Ken Caryl after 10"+ of heavy, wet snow. 📸: Greg Bettinger #COwx

Excellent question: west metro/Boulder will probably not have a hard freeze tonight due to downsloping winds. East of I-25, though, temps will prob drop into the low-mid 20s. Maybe lower by DIA/east.

Overall a solid forecast, but a couple misses: 1) Road impacts: Not nearly as bad as I thought they'd be. Overnight snow rates lower than expected. 2) Fort Collins: Totals there skimmed low end of range. Certainly the NoCo boom didn't pan out. Otherwise...felt solid. #COwx

We're not in last place! We're not in last place! Our snowstorm pushed Colorado statewide season-to-date snowpack just above the previous lowest levels (2012). Might help us avoid an earliest melt-off on record. We're now the 2026 Colorado Rockies, not the 2025 ones. #COwx

5.8" = Denver's 2nd-biggest snowstorm of the season. May 5th-6th. lol #COwx

This is now Boulder's 3rd-biggest May snowstorm on record: #COwx

One full corgi leg of snow in Denver. Might be closing in on 1.5. Big day for Penny

Lots of water from this storm. Easily the entire metro area's top rain/snow event since September. This'll help drought conditions. For context: Fort Collins had 1.27" of total year-to-date precipitation before this storm. Excellent! #COwx

Updated metro area snow totals. 4-8" for most with some 10-12" bullseyes. #COwx

It's going to be 85° on Monday. #COwx

Happy May 6th from Colorado. Incredible stuff in the Larimer/Boulder County foothills. #COwx

Inbox/replies are a mix of "holy cow, what a storm!" and "what a dud". Notable gap in impacts between downtown Denver/east metro (3-4", wet roads, low impact) and west/south metro (6-10", some slush, lots of trees/limbs down). Very sharp cutoff it looks. #COwx

Now 52k+. Boulder worst affected. I suspect those numbers will grow this morning as the last accumulating snow moves through.

32k+ without power, mostly in Boulder/Jefferson Counties where 8-14"+ of snow has fallen: #COwx

9.1" in Boulder = Boulder's biggest May snowstorm since May 1-2, 2013 (13 years) #COwx

4.7" at DIA = officially Denver's biggest May snowstorm since May 10, 2003. #COwx

6:30a: Another 1-2” on colder surfaces from this likely between now and 8-9a: