Denver has had a pretty anomalous winter. It’s March 3rd. Yesterday it was 70°F and sunny, today it’s 45°F and raining, and it might snow on Friday. Of course anyone who’s lived in Colorado knows the weather is never consistent, but according to the National Weather Service, the 2025-26 meteorological winter (defined as December through February) was pretty unique compared to past years.
For one, this was the second warmest winter for Denver on record, with an average temperature of 39.6°F so far. The warmest winter on record was back in 1933-34, when the average temperature was 40.1°F. Additionally this winter is tied for 1st with the 1939-40 winter for the number of days above 70°F, with 7.
The city did break the record for the number of 60°F+ days with a pretty enormous 41 times over the course of three months. The past record was held by the 1980-81 winter, a very warm and dry winter that saw 34 days where the temperature reached above 60°.
The precipitation was scarce this winter as well, but it wasn’t quite record breaking. It was the 15th driest winter with just .67″ of precipitation. The driest winter on record was the 1905-06 winter, where just .23″ of precipitation fell. With 13.2 inches of snowfall coming down through the winter, this was only the 20th least snowy winter in record. The least snowy winter goes to 1969-70, when just 4.3 inches of snow fell.
I’ve certainly had a nice time taking advantage of the warm weather around the city, getting out on my bike as much as possible, but I’d rather see heavy snow both here and in the mountains during the winter months. This was certainly a record year, but March and April still have the ability to pull through (again, it’s raining on March 3rd, so that could bring the precipitation up!). We’ll just have to wait, see, and hope for a much snowier winter next year.
