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Snowfall totals in Colorado following Christmas Eve storm

A layer of snow blanketed Colorado snow after a storm moved through the state overnight.

Telluride received 8 inches of snowfall, while other ski resort towns along the I-70 corridor got around 3-4 inches.

Meanwhile, cities in the Front Range got around 1-2 inches by morning of the day before Christmas.

As explained by local meteorologist Chris Bianchi at Denver Gazette news partner 9News, several factors contributed to lower than anticipated snowfall totals, including warm temperatures prior to the storm and a warm ground temperature. In the Denver area, the storm began as rainfall shortly after 9 p.m. on Saturday. 

Here are snow totals for the last 24 hours in Colorado (as of 10 a.m. on Dec 24.), according to the National Weather Service:

  • Arvada – 2 inches

  • Aspen Snowmass – 5.4 inches

  • Aurora – 1.1 inches

  • Avon – 4 inches

  • Boulder – 1.5 inches

  • Breckenridge – 3 inches

  • Castle Rock – 1.2 inches

  • Conifer – 1.9 inches

  • Copper Mountain – 3 inches

  • Denver – 1.1 Inches

  • Estes Park – 7.7 inches

  • Georgetown – 3.5 inches

  • Highlands Ranch – 1.5 inches

  • Lakewood – 2 inches

  • Monument – 2 inches

  • Pagosa Springs – 1 inch

  • Parker – 2.3 inches

  • Rye – 3 inches

  • Sterling – 2.5 inches

  • Telluride – 8 inches

  • Westminster – 1.4 inches

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