Denver records one of the driest, warmest Februarys on record

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Denver is on track to see the city’s driest winters on record after only traces of snow fell in February, according to the National Weather Service.

Roughly 13.4 inches of snow fell in the Denver area between September and February, according to the weather service. On average, Denver records 34.8 inches of snow during that timeframe.

Denver’s driest September to February periods include, according to the weather service:

  • 2025 to 2026, with 13.4 inches of snow
  • 1900 to 1901, with 13.5 inches of snow
  • 1887 to 1888, with 13.6 inches of snow
  • 1903 to 1904, with 14.5 inches of snow
  • 2002 to 2003, with 16.2 inches of snow
  • 1883 to 1884, with 16.8 inches of snow
  • 2008 to 2009, with 16.9 inches of snow
  • 2001 to 2002, with 17 inches of snow
  • 1888 to 1889, with 17.7 inches of snow
  • 2010 to 2011, with 18.1 inches of snow
  • 1962 to 1963, with 18.1 inches of snow

With only traces of snow falling in Denver in February, the city officially tied its record for the least-snowy February since 1882, when the agency started keeping snowfall records, according to the weather service. The previous record for lack of February snowfall was set in 2009.

Denver saw 0.02 inches of total precipitation, making it the second-driest February on record, and an average monthly temperature of 42.1 degrees, the third-warmest on record, weather service meteorologists said.

The warmest February in Denver’s history was in 1954, with an average temperature of 43.7 degrees, according to the agency. Temperature and precipitation records started in 1872.

Most of northeastern Colorado recorded one of the warmest and driest Februarys on record, according to the weather service.

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