This Week In Denver Weather History CBS Local 4, 1949 – Denver and all of northern Colorado was recovering from the worst blizzard to hit in several years. The storm began on the 2nd and produced winds up to 50 mph. After 51 consecutive hours of snow, 11.8 inches was measured in downtown Denver. Colorado storm could drop 5 inches of new snow south of DenverThe Denver Post Storm moving out, but snow back in forecast for weekendFOX31 Denver all 10 news articles |