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Nov 19, 2009 4:12 pm US/Mountain

Snow Stays In Forecast Through The Holidays

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Dave Aguilera

DENVER (CBS4) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Dee Thibodeaux of Eaton took this photo on Nov. 15, 2009, of her golden retrievers "romping in the snow in the back yard."
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The new three-month outlook from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center is out, and shows our pattern of periodic snow storms should continue.

For the month of December, the 30-day outlook shows temperatures across Colorado to be above normal. That could mean a milder December as far as temperature are concerned. Normal highs in Denver at the beginning of December are around 46 degrees, by the end of the month it's around 43.

As far as snow goes, the entire state is forecast to be normal in snowfall. A normal December for Denver is 8.7 inches of snow. That makes the month on average to be Denver's 5th snowiest month. The average snowfall for some of the mountain areas along I-70 ranges from 25 to 30 inches of snow in December. For example, the average snowfall for Vail in December is around 26 inches.

In the 90-day outlook, December, January, and February, the overall forecast is much the same: above normal in temperatures and near normal for snowfall for the entire state. Typically, in a normal season January and February for the Denver metro area tend to be the least snowiest for the snow season.

January is the 5th snowiest month coming in with 7.7 inches of snow on average. February comes in as the 6th snowiest with 6.3 inches.