Average Snowfall for Colorado in December

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during December at cities, towns and parks in Colorado. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month.

The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for Western Colorado and Eastern Colorado.

Western Colorado

Average total snowfall in December

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
4.9	Alamosa	4.2	10.7
11.3	Aspen	27.5	69.9
11.1	Breckenridge	23.8	60.5
14.6	Climax	38.5	97.8
4.7	Colorado National Monument	5.4	13.7
5.1	Cortez	7.4	18.8
11.3	Crested Butte	35.1	89.2
3.5	Dinosaur National Monument	7.8	19.8
6.0	Durango	13.0	33.0
4.2	Glenwood Springs	10.8	27.4
5.0	Grand Junction	5.2	13.2
7.2	Gunnison	10.3	26.2
7.2	Leadville	17.6	44.7
5.8	Mesa Verde National Park	14.2	36.1
6.3	Ouray	16.5	41.9
9.9	Silverton	27.4	69.6
14.0	Steamboat Springs	35.8	90.9
9.1	Telluride	19.3	49.0
10.7	Vail	28.0	71.1

Front Range & Eastern Colorado

December snowfall averages

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
5.3	Boulder	13.0	33.0
3.1	Burlington	5.2	13.2
3.8	Canon City	6.2	15.7
4.0	Colorado Springs	4.1	10.4
4.6	Denver	6.6	16.8
8.6	Estes Park	12.7	32.3
4.3	Florissant Fossil Beds Monument	6.8	17.3
4.3	Fort Collins	7.5	19.1
5.6	Great Sand Dunes National Monument	7.0	17.8
3.4	Greeley	5.6	14.2
3.2	Lakewood	6.7	17.0
3.6	Pueblo	4.6	11.7
3.3	Trinidad	9.1	23.1