Average Snowfall for Colorado in October

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during October at cities, towns and parks in Colorado. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month.

The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for Western Colorado and Eastern Colorado.

Western Colorado

Average total snowfall in October
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
1.0 Alamosa 2.0 5.1
4.0 Aspen 10.2 25.9
5.7 Breckenridge 13.6 34.5
7.7 Climax 22.4 56.9
0.3 Colorado National Monument 0.6 1.5
0.5 CortezĀ  0.6 1.5
3.9 Crested Butte 8.5 21.6
0.2 Dinosaur National Monument 0.4 1.0
0.7 Durango 1.1 2.8
0.4 Glenwood Springs 0.7 1.8
0.5 Grand Junction 0.4 1.0
1.1 Gunnison 1.2 3.0
3.0 Leadville 13.8 35.1
0.7 Mesa Verde National Park 1.5 3.8
2.3 Ouray 5.1 13.0
4.2 Silverton 7.7 19.6
3.1 Steamboat Springs 6.9 17.5
2.1 Telluride 5.3 13.5
3.5 Vail 8.6 21.8

Front Range & Eastern Colorado

October snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
2.1 Boulder 7.0 17.8
1.0 Burlington 2.7 6.9
1.0 Canon City  3.3 8.4
1.7 Colorado Springs 2.5 6.4
1.8 Denver 3.9 9.9
3.8 Estes Park 9.1 23.1
2.0 Florissant Fossil Beds Monument 4.4 11.2
1.3 Fort Collins 4.1 10.4
1.7 Great Sand Dunes National Monument 2.8 7.1
1.1 Greeley 3.3 8.4
1.3 Lakewood 5.2 13.2
1.0 Pueblo 1.9 4.8
0.9 Trinidad 4.8 12.2
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

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