#T1Clifton
unincorporated, Mesa County · 19,518 people5 days a year with an inch or more·Grand Junction 6ese station, 4 km
Clifton, #1 on this list · Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Colorado rankings · Climate
Towns with the least snow in Colorado
Clifton gets the least snow of Colorado’s 158 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 13 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Vail gets the most, about 189 inches; 18 of the 158 average under 30 inches.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at each town’s nearest station with a snow record (named in each row). A described list: no letters. How grades work
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Fruitvale
unincorporated, Mesa County · 8,019 people5 days a year with an inch or more·Grand Junction 6ese station, 6 km
Orchard Mesa
unincorporated, Mesa County · 6,945 people5 days a year with an inch or more·Grand Junction 6ese station, 5 km
All 158 towns
Snow in a normal winter, least first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 126 towns here share a station).
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#TownSnow a yearDays with 1″+NOAA station
A station’s normal can differ from the town’s own when the station sits higher or lower; each town’s Climate page names its station and checks it.
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What part of Colorado gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Clifton (Mesa County, about 13 in), Fruitvale (Mesa County, about 13 in), Orchard Mesa (Mesa County, about 13 in), on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at each town’s station.
Which Colorado town gets the most snow?
Vail (Eagle County), about 189 inches in a normal winter at the Vail station. See the snowiest towns.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents (159 in Colorado) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 1 have no station with a snow record. Smaller towns show their snow on their own Climate page.
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