Colorado Annual Rainfall and Climate Data

Driest location ranked by lowest annual average precipitation: Center, south-central Colorado, 6.98"

Wettest location ranked by highest annual average precipitation: Wolf Creek Pass, southwestern Colorado, 47.46"

Snowiest location ranked by highest annual average snowfall: Wolf Creek Pass, southwestern Colorado, 435.6"

State precipitation record for 24 hours - Holly, southeastern Colorado, 6/17/1965, 11.08"

State precipitation record for 1 year - Ruby, central Colorado, 1897, 92.84"

State snowfall record for 24 hours - Silver Lake, north-central Colorado, 4/14-15/1921

State snow record for 1 season - Wolf Creek Pass, southern Colorado, 1978-1979, 838.0"

Wolf Creek Pass is the 9th snowiest location in the western United States with 435.6 inches of 
snow annually

On April 14-15, 1927, Freye's Ranch, Colorado received the current United States record of 62.0 inches
of snow in 22 hours

On May 30-31, 1935, Cherry Creek, Colorado received the 16th highest 24-hour rainfall total in 
United States history with 24.0 inches of rain.

Denver receives 300 sunshine days a year - more annual hours of sun than San Diego or Miami Beach

Precipitation data for other U.S. states
Data source: National Climatic Data Center

City	Avg Annual Precip	Avg Snow Annual	Avg # days of Precip	Avg # thunderstorm days	Avg # hail days	Avg wind / record highest wind
Alamosa	7.25	32.5	68	42	6	7.2 / 71 mph
Colorado Springs	17.40	41.8	91	51	5	10.0 / 60 mph
Denver	15.81	60.3	89	39	4	8.6 / 54 mph
Grand Junction	8.99	23.6	73	36	2	8.2 / 57 mph
Pueblo	12.39	32.6	71	40	4	8.5 / 58 mph
Colorado Annual Precipitation Average - 15.97 inches, 44th wettest in U.S. Colorado Tornado Average - 24.7 per year, 10th most in the U.S.