Breckenridge Snowfall Totals & Snowstorm Averages

How Often it Snows in Breckenridge

The next two tables list monthly and yearly totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

10-year snowfall averages in Breckenridge, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
8.1	January	28.6	72.6
8.6	February	25.8	65.5
8.4	March	29.3	74.3
7.2	April	28.2	71.7
3.3	May	12.4	31.5
0.1	June	0.4	1.0
0.1	September	0.1	0.3
4.5	October	14.4	36.6
6.9	November	21.1	53.5
7.4	December	27.7	70.2
54.9	Year	189.2	480.7

30-year snowfall averages in Breckenridge, 1991 to 2020

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
12.5	January	27.7	70.4
12.2	February	27.7	70.4
12.0	March	27.6	70.1
11.3	April	28.0	71.1
4.4	May	9.5	24.1
0.6	June	0.8	2.0
1.0	September	2.2	5.6
5.7	October	13.6	34.5
9.7	November	23.7	60.2
11.1	December	23.8	60.5
80.5	Year	184.6	468.9

These averages don't show how much the snowfall in Breckenridge varies from year to year.

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 32.3 inches of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than 13.4 inches for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to over 31.5 inches, while the lightest years get under 16.5 inches.

New snow for February ranges from over 34.6 inches in heavy snowfall years to 18.5 inches or less in light years.

When Breckenridge Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall in autumn usually arrives at Breckenridge in October. Less commonly, September sees the first fresh snow.

The season's last snowfall most often happens in May, although some years receive a little new snow in June.

Breckenridge is normally free of fresh snow every year during July and August.

How Many Snowstorms Breckenridge Gets

Most days of snowfall in Breckenridge result in at least an inch of fresh snow left on the ground. For 23 days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals three inches or more.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day normally occur eight or nine times annually. But major blizzards that dump ten inches or more in one day are rare events that don't happen every year.

Number of days per month and year on average in Breckenridge with a total snowfall of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
9.4	2.9	January	1.1	0.2
9.0	3.6	February	1.3	0.1
9.1	3.4	March	1.4	0.1
8.2	3.7	April	1.4	0.2
3.1	1.0	May	0.5	0.1
0.3	0.1	June	0.0	0.0
0.7	0.4	September	0.2	0.0
4.2	1.7	October	0.8	0.1
8.0	3.1	November	1.3	0.0
7.5	2.8	December	1.2	0.1
59.5	22.7	Year	9.2	0.9

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Breckenridge

For most of winter, Breckenridge has at least ten inches of snow on the ground.

The snowpack covering Breckenridge builds up to twenty or more inches deep on an average of 90 days a year, from as early as October to as late as May.

Average total days per month and year in Breckenridge with snow depth of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches on the ground

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
31.0	31.0	January	31.0	29.1
28.5	28.5	February	28.5	28.4
30.8	30.8	March	30.8	30.4
24.7	23.0	April	21.3	18.7
3.8	2.2	May	1.8	0.8
0.2	0.1	June	0.0	0.0
0.5	0.2	September	0.1	0.1
7.1	4.4	October	3.0	0.6
23.7	19.6	November	15.6	6.9
28.9	28.9	December	28.6	21.7
179.2	168.7	Year	160.7	136.7