Thornton residents have begun digging out from the major winter storm that deposited an extraordinary amount of snow on the city. In the end, the storm will go into the record books as the biggest February snowstorm in Denver history.
Here is Thornton we recorded 13.8″ of snowfall and that was actually one of the lower totals across northeastern Colorado. It was however our biggest snowstorm since October 2009.
As officially recorded at Denver International Airport, Denver recorded 15.9 inches of snow from the storm system. This handily broke the old single storm February record of 14.1 inches set in 1912.
Further, February 2012 now enters the history books as the 10th snowiest February ever recorded in Denver. With more than three weeks to go, it is possible we will climb the top 10 list even further.
The 12.5″ DIA saw yesterday set a new single day record for February 3rd beating the old record for the date of 9.5″ set in 1932. This also is the biggest single day snowfall total ever recorded in Denver during February.
For more details on Denver’s records, check out this story on Examiner.com.
Examiner.com slideshow: Record-setting snowstorm buries Denver and northeastern Colorado
Below is an interactive map of the snowfall reports from across eastern Colorado. You can also click here to view a larger version.