Rockies Get Over 40 Inches of Snow!

Here are the highest snowfall amounts by state as of 7 AM Mountain Time 10/30 (amounts in parentheses are deprecated due to higher amounts):

Pinecliffe, CO: 46.0" Sand Lake, WY: 41.0"(Jefferson, CO: 38.6")Lead, SD: 23.8" Harrisburg, NE: 20.0" Meagher County, MT: 16.0"(Deadwood, SD: 15.1")(Rushville, NE: 12.0")Alta, UT: 10.0" McDonald, KS: 8.9"

Here is a video from our on-site reporter Jon Porter in Boulder, Colorado:

As of this writing, CoTrip showed that most of the roads in the state of Colorado were listed as "snow packed & icy" (colored light blue below) and several highways were closed, including I-25 between Wellington and the Wyoming border. WYDOT's page said "most offices are closed due to the severe winter storm" and their road information website showed I-25 closed north of Cheyenne, along with many other roads (red=closed on the map below).

SCREENSHOT AS OF 7:30 AM

How unusual is this much snow for this early in the season? Cheyenne, Wyoming set a new October total snowfall record Wednesday evening with 24 inches, and it is still snowing! The totals at Denver so far are only around a foot (not sure about official Airport totals), falling short of the famous 1997 Blizzard that dropped 21 inches there.

Additional snow will fall today into the Plains; read our news story here or here for additional information.

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