Fort Collins picks up largest snowfall of the season, with nearly 6 inches reported

Fort Collins picked up its largest snowfall of the season with 5.8 inches of light, fluffy snow Saturday at the city’s official weather station on the main CSU campus.

After a slow start to the snow season, including a second straight year with no snowfall in December, the city has now received 11 inches of snow in January through Saturday, according to the Colorado Climate Center.

Average snowfall for the month is 6.7 inches.

Fort Collins should see that snow melting this week as daily high temperatures are forecast for the mid- to high 40s through the weekend.

Here’s a look at snowfall totals for the Fort Collins area and around Colorado

According to the National Weather Service:

Larimer and Weld county municipalities

• Loveland (1 mile east): 8 inches

• Berthoud (4 miles west-southwest): 6.3 inches

• Laporte (1 mile northwest): 6 inches

• Loveland (1 mile west): 5 inches

• Fort Collins (3 miles southwest): 5 inches

• Greeley ( 2 miles southwest): 4 inches

• Windsor ( 4 miles southwest): 3.5 inches

• Estes Park (2 miles south-southeast): 3.5 inches

• Timnath ( 2 miles north): 1.5 inches:

Larimer County foothills, mountains

• Longs Peak (4 miles north-northwest): 13.5 inches

• Cameron Pass (6 miles east): 12 inches

• Pingree Park (3 miles west-northwest): 6 inches

Around Colorado

• Boulder (3 miles south-southwest): 6.9 inches

• Colorado Springs (2 miles north-northwest): 6 inches

• Denver (3 miles east): 2 inches

Colorado mountains

• Grand Lake (5 miles south-southwest): 12 inches

• Winter Park (5 miles west-northwest): 9 inches

• Rabbit Ears Pass: 6 inches

• Copper Mountain: 4.5 inches

• Loveland Pass: 4.5 inches

• Steamboat Springs (5 miles north-northwest): 3.5 inches

• Vail (2 miles east-northeast): 2.8 inches

This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Here are Colorado snowfall totals from the latest storm