September 12, 2005
FIRST AND LAST SNOW
Earlier today, I entered The Daily Camera's "First & Last Snow" contest... a simple contest in which you guess the date and time of Boulder, Colorado's first measurable snowfall of at least 0.1 inches. My entries for 2005-06 look like this...
Date of First Snow: Monday, October 17, 2005
Time of First Snow: 6:28 AM
Date of Last Snow: Tuesday. May 2, 2006
Time of Last Snow: 10:28 AM
Here, according to The Daily Camera, are the dates of Boulder's first snow of the season for each of the last 15 years:
2004-05: October 31
2003-04: October 30
2002-03: October 22
2001-02: November 8
2000-01: September 23
1999-00: September 28
1998-99: November 7
1996-97: September 25
1995-96: September 20
1994-95: September 21
1993-94: September 13
1992-93: November 2
1991-92: October 4
1990-91: October 7
1989-90: September 12
The winner of this year's contests receive a $200.00 gift certificate to the largest privately owned hardware store in the country-- McGuckin Hardware in Boulder.
Click here to enter Boulder's First & Last Snow contest for yourself (you don't have to live in Boulder to enter, and you certainly don't have to live there to win).
Posted by Mikal at September 12, 2005 7:09 AM
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