'Snowless In Denver' Becomes Latest October Trend

DENVER (CBS4) - For the third year in a row October will end without any snowfall in Denver.

According to the National Weather Service in Boulder this hasn't been documented since snow records began in 1882.

No snow in Denver this October, making it the 3rd consecutive October with no snow. This is the first occurrence in Denver wx history. #cowx pic.twitter.com/cJWqpMnmhW
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) October 31, 2016

There was one episode with two consecutive years without October snow during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.

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