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Boulder snowfall well ahead of average |
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 08:36 |
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Photo by Cliff Grassmick, Boulder Daily Camera
By ERICA MELTZER, BOULDER DAILY CAMERA
Boulder has received more snow already this season than it did all last season and is well above average, despite this being another La Niña year in which many meteorologists expected similar patterns to prevail.
This Front Range snowfall has come in a year when many ski areas -- which reaped a bumper crop of record snowfalls last year -- have seen disappointingly mild weather.
Boulder has received 53.4 inches of snow so far this season and 33.3 inches in December alone, according to meteorologist Matt Kelsch.
In a typical year, Boulder will receive 34 inches by the end of December and 88.6 inches by the end of the snow season.
Last year at this time, Boulder had received just 11.5 inches, and the area ended the season with just 47.3 inches. In contrast, many ski areas have less snow than they typically have this time of year. Vail had 19 inches on Christmas Day, compared to an average of 33 inches over the last decade.
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