Average Snowfall for Colorado in May

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during May 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 May
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0.5 Alamosa 0.8 2.0
2.5 Aspen 7.0 17.8
4.4 Breckenridge 9.5 24.1
7.8 Climax 18.9 48.0
0.0 Colorado National Monument 0.1 0.3
0.4 CortezĀ  0.3 0.8
3.3 Crested Butte 6.7 17.0
0.1 Dinosaur National Monument 0.1 0.3
0.2 Durango 0.2 0.5
0.0 Glenwood Springs 0.0 0.0
0.1 Grand Junction 0.1 0.3
0.6 Gunnison 0.6 1.5
3.8 Leadville 11.8 30.0
0.2 Mesa Verde National Park 0.6 1.5
1.5 Ouray 3.6 9.1
4.0 Silverton 8.2 20.8
1.5 Steamboat Springs 2.8 7.1
1.9 Telluride 5.1 13.0
2.4 Vail 4.8 12.2

Front Range & Eastern Colorado

May snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0.9 Boulder 2.0 5.1
0.2 Burlington 0.3 0.8
0.4 Canon City  0.5 1.3
0.6 Colorado Springs 0.6 1.5
0.8 Denver 1.4 3.6
3.7 Estes Park 9.5 24.1
1.3 Florissant Fossil Beds Monument 3.8 9.7
0.6 Fort Collins 1.6 4.1
0.9 Great Sand Dunes National Monument 1.7 4.3
0.2 Greeley 0.5 1.3
0.6 Lakewood 1.7 4.3
0.1 Pueblo 0.0 0.0
0.2 Trinidad 0.5 1.3
Reference

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

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