Fort Collins, CO Snowfall A-

First snow Oct 25 · Last snow Apr 28 · 50.8 in/yr · Station: FORT COLLINS

Avg First Snow

Oct 25

Median over 30 seasons 36d late

Avg Last Snow

Apr 28

Median over 30 seasons

Snow Season

186 days

SepJun

Avg Annual Snowfall

50.8 in

Rank #72 of 217 tracked

Latest season (2025–26): first measurable snowfall arrived 36 days later than the 30-year normal.

Average Monthly Snowfall (inches)

0.6

Sep

3.8

Oct

7.7

Nov

7.5

Dec

6.7

Jan

7.4

Feb

9.4

Mar

6.2

Apr

1.5

May

Jun

How Fort Collins Compares

Fort Collins snowfall vs Colorado and U.S. medians
Measure	Fort Collins	Colorado median	U.S. median
Avg annual snowfall	50.8 in	50.0 in	39.1 in
Avg first snowfall	Oct 25	Oct 21	Nov 16
Avg last snowfall	Apr 28	Apr 29	Apr 3
Snow season length	186 days	193 days	139 days

Medians are taken across tracked cities with regular snowfall (8 in Colorado, 201 nationally).

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Data source: NOAA GHCN-Daily records for FORT COLLINS (USC00053005), 2 km from the city center, accessed via the ACIS web service. Normals window: 1990–91 through 2019–20 snow seasons. Measurable snow = ≥ 0.1 in.