We got another 9 to 12 inches from Friday morning until Saturday morning in Denver. The official snowfall for Denver, at the old Stapleton Airport site for the 12/20-21/2006 storm was 20.7 inches, and the official total for December was 29.4 inches, so the second storm provided 8.7 inches. For the season, we have gotten 43.6 inches so far.
Here is some data from the National Weather Service:
.................................SNOWFALL.............. SNOWFALL
.................................MONTHLY TOTAL...... SEASONAL TOTAL
.................................(DECEMBER)............ (7/1/06-6/30/07)
DENVER-STAPLETON..... 29.4...................... 43.6
EVERGREEN................. 50.8...................... 83.6
NORTH LONGMONT....... 31.1...................... 43.2
RALSTON RESERVOIR.... 39.0...................... 58.0
WHEAT RIDGE............. 43.2...................... 66.4
Denver-Stapleton is in Northeast Denver at about 5,300 feet ASL, Evergreen is in the Front Range at about 7,100 feet ASL, North Longmont is Northwest of Denver at about 4,950 feet ASL, Ralston Resevoir is adjacent to the old Rocky Flats atomic bomb trigger plant at about 6.000 feet ASL, and Wheat Ridge is adjacent to Denver at about 5,400 feet ASL.
My house where I took these photos this morning is at about 5,400 feet ASL. We haven't had trash pickup since 12/14/06, due to Christmas and the storms. There was a trash truck that came down our street on Friday, and picked up 1 dumpster out of 15 that were out in the street. Fortunately, it is cold so the trash dosen't reek yet, but they won't be back until January 5th. My wife and kids were outside when the trash truck came by, and he said it wasn't close enough to the packed snow rut that goes down the middle of the street to be picked up. The trash can will have to be 5-6 feet into the street to be close enough to the rut to be picked up. This is in contrast to the info on the web site stating that trash cans should be in their regular locations for pickup. If you don't have four-wheel drive, it is difficult to get around, and it will be for a month or so due to the lack of snow removal. Most of the main roads are passable, but there are lanes that abruptly end in snow mounds, and sudden blockages. During the day, when the snow softens, and the accumulation could be pushed aside to open more lanes, there are no plows working on Denver City streets. When you go into the neighborhoods, the streets are single lane, with soft deep snow on the sides and many cars that haven't moved since 12/21/06. The state highways, maintained by CDOT are in much better shape, although they still haven't opened Interstae 70 East of Aurora, from Airpark Road, into Kansas. The last winter I remember that will have had snow still on the streets as long as these storms will remain behind was the Christmas Blizzard of 1982. My wife and I have 4x4, to get around, and snow shovels are essential to dig out from the inevitable soft spot when you have to pull off the packed snow/ice that is down the middle of residential streets.
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