#T1Avon
Eagle County · 6,184 people57 days a year with an inch or more·Vail station, 14 km
Avon, #1 on this list · Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Colorado rankings · Climate
Snowiest towns in Colorado
Avon gets the most snow of Colorado’s 158 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 189 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Clifton gets the least, about 13 inches; 57 of the 158 average 60 inches or more.
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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#T1Edwards
unincorporated, Eagle County · 10,785 people57 days a year with an inch or more·Vail station, 23 km
Vail
Eagle County · 4,407 people57 days a year with an inch or more·Vail station, 1 km
All 158 towns
Snow in a normal winter, most first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 126 towns here share a station).
158 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownSnow a yearDays with 1″+NOAA station
T135Security-Widefieldunincorporated, El Paso County · 37,345 people11Colorado Springs Muni AP7.0 km
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
Which Colorado town gets the most snow?
Vail (Eagle County), about 189 inches in a normal winter at the Vail station.
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. See the towns with the least snow.
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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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
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