If you are dreaming of a white Christmas in Colorado, you'd better get to the mountains on the 25th! At least that's what history says...
Based on data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a “white Christmas” is defined as having at least 1 inch of snow on the ground. That doesn't happen much in Colorado unless we are talking about mountain towns.
Here is the probability of a white Christmas in some Colorado communities, according to NOAA:
- Pueblo: 15%
- Lamar: 19%
- Colorado Springs: 21%
- Grand Junction: 27%
- La Junta: 27%
- Sterling: 32%
- Trinidad: 33%
- Fort Collins: 34%
- Buena Vista: 34%
- Denver: 38%
- Loveland: 38%
- Greeley: 43%
- Boulder: 47%
- Craig: 81%
- Dillon: 90%
- Telluride: 97%
- Steamboat Springs: 98%
- Crested Butte: 99%