Blizzard Closes Denver Airport for the First Time in 9 Years, Breaks Single Day Snowfall Record | 200-Miles of I-70 Closed

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Denver airport yesterday.  photo:  denver international airport
Denver airport yesterday. photo: denver international airport

Winter Storm Selene laid a heavy hand of Denver and the Colorado Rocky Mountains yesterday dropping up to 22โ€ณ of snow in Telluride and shutting down the Denver Airport for the first since 2006.  200-miles of I-70 were closed in addition to over a dozen CO highways being closed due to snow and wind yesterday.

Denver International Airport (DIA) broke its single day snowfall record yesterday with 12.1โ€ณ of snowfall.  The previous record was 8โ€ณ back in 2010.

The city of Denver saw its 5th highest one day snowfall total with 13.1โ€ณ yesterday.

image:  noaa, today
image: noaa, today

Winter Storm Selene in CO:

  • 130,000 customers without power yesterday
  • All Denver public school closed yesterday
  • Shutdown Denver Airport yesterday โ€“ over 1,500 flights canceled
  • 200 miles of I-70 closed yesterday
  • I-25 closed from Wellington to Wyoming state line yesterday
  • Some part of these highways  closed in CO yesterday due to snow and wind:  US 6, US 24, US 36, US 40, US 287, 385, CO 11, CO 63, CO 71, CO 86, CO 93, CO 94S
Beaver Creek, CO yesterday.  Skier: Josh Mattson. Photo: Zach Mahone
Beaver Creek, CO yesterday. Skier: Josh Mattson. Photo: Zach Mahone

3-Day Snowfall Totals at CO Ski Resorts:

  • Telluride = 22โ€ณ
  • Steamboat = 18โ€ณ
  • Beaver Creek = 17โ€ณ
  • Powder Horn = 17โ€ณ
  • Vail = 16โ€ณ
  • Winter Park = 15โ€ณ
  • Breckenridge = 15โ€ณ
  • Silverton = 14โ€ณ
  • Monarch = 12โ€ณ
  • Loveland = 12โ€ณ
  • Keystone = 11โ€ณ
  • Aspen = 11โ€ณ
  • Copper = 10โ€ณ

 

 


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