Official 2018-2019 DENVER Winter and Snow Thread (Aurora, Westminster: 2015, condo)

[randomparent]

I don’t really know what’s normal for Denver. This winter seemed fairly mild by my standards, but I was born in the Midwest ice belt. When I moved here, it was 2008 and that was the winter of the successive weekend blizzards. By the time the blizzards actually stopped, the snow was piled six feet high, we hadn’t had mail delivery regularly in over a month, and our local King Soopers had barren shelves because grocery deliveries had come to a halt. That’s what I thought winter in the Front Range was all about, but we haven’t had a repeat of that kind of weather in the last decade. However, I will note that my FIL who has lived here for most of his adult life said that was not normal at all and that he would have left years ago were it the case.

[daprara]

i have seen it snow more at times
it has remained sub zero for longer

this winter has been easy

[oping00]

Originally Posted by randomparent

I don’t really know what’s normal for Denver. This winter seemed fairly mild by my standards, but I was born in the Midwest ice belt. When I moved here, it was 2008 and that was the winter of the successive weekend blizzards. By the time the blizzards actually stopped, the snow was piled six feet high, we hadn’t had mail delivery regularly in over a month, and our local King Soopers had barren shelves because grocery deliveries had come to a halt. That’s what I thought winter in the Front Range was all about, but we haven’t had a repeat of that kind of weather in the last decade. However, I will note that my FIL who has lived here for most of his adult life said that was not normal at all and that he would have left years ago were it the case.

Yeah I from the midwest also and considering Denver, a chicago native here who can deal with cold weather , but not chicago winters anymore. Hopefully denver is not anything close to that.

[randomparent]

Originally Posted by oping00

Yeah I from the midwest also and considering Denver, a chicago native here who can deal with cold weather , but not chicago winters anymore. Hopefully denver is not anything close to that.

Nothing at all like a Chicago winter. My spouse travels back and forth to Minnesota all the time, and he thinks it’s insane that anyone lives in that region of the country. He’s completely miserable there and finds it a relief to return to Colorado after a week in the windy, frozen north.

[emm74]

Originally Posted by oping00

Yeah I from the midwest also and considering Denver, a chicago native here who can deal with cold weather , but not chicago winters anymore. Hopefully denver is not anything close to that.

I'm an East Coaster, and lived in Boston for about 25 years before moving here.

That's the pleasure of the Denver winter, it's nothing like Chicago or Boston or Buffalo. Yes, we've had more extended cold snaps here than are customary, but it's rare to go more than a couple of days without getting sun to help melt the snow and to just warm things up overall. 20 degrees in Denver is absolutely nothing like 20 degrees elsewhere - it's reasonably pleasant to be out of doors here, and not bone-chillingly raw the way 20 degrees is so many other places.

If you are from a warm place, then sure, a Denver winter would still be a big change. But if you are from a place with a true winter to start with, Denver winters are easy peasy other than many a couple of big storms to deal with.

But I will say that's DENVER, not the mountains and all of the avalanches right now, that's a different story.

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by randomparent

I don’t really know what’s normal for Denver. This winter seemed fairly mild by my standards, but I was born in the Midwest ice belt. When I moved here, it was 2008 and that was the winter of the successive weekend blizzards. By the time the blizzards actually stopped, the snow was piled six feet high, we hadn’t had mail delivery regularly in over a month, and our local King Soopers had barren shelves because grocery deliveries had come to a halt. That’s what I thought winter in the Front Range was all about, but we haven’t had a repeat of that kind of weather in the last decade. However, I will note that my FIL who has lived here for most of his adult life said that was not normal at all and that he would have left years ago were it the case.

Those blizzards were actually in 2006 and 2007. I remember because we flew out just before the first one hit before Christmas and closed the airport.

[randomparent]

Originally Posted by Timmyy

Those blizzards were actually in 2006 and 2007. I remember because we flew out just before the first one hit before Christmas and closed the airport.

You’re right. It was before we moved to our current house, so it had to have been a year earlier. I had my dates confused.

[2bindenver]

Originally Posted by Timmyy

Those blizzards were actually in 2006 and 2007. I remember because we flew out just before the first one hit before Christmas and closed the airport.

A list of Colorado's historic blizzards and snowstorms

I went to Cali for Christmas and got snowed into Albuquerque before the new year.

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by 2bindenver

A list of Colorado's historic blizzards and snowstorms

I went to Cali for Christmas and got snowed into Albuquerque before the new year.

I was also in Cali visiting my family. When we flew back in to Denver we had to dig our car out with our ice scraper. It was buried in one of the offsite lots. Luckily one of our neighbors had shoveled half of our driveway.

Looks like tomorrow's storm has the potential to be a big one.

[randomparent]

Originally Posted by Timmyy

I was also in Cali visiting my family. When we flew back in to Denver we had to dig our car out with our ice scraper. It was buried in one of the offsite lots. Luckily one of our neighbors had shoveled half of our driveway.

Looks like tomorrow's storm has the potential to be a big one.

I saw that the forecast now indicates a bomb cyclone for the Front Range. I just walked into my kitchen to ensure that I have what I need to make meals for everyone for the next couple of days, and next I’ll do a walk around the exterior of the house to look for anything that needs brought in or secured. The mild weather has been nice, but a good storm keeps things interesting.