Here's how much snow Fort Collins, other Colorado areas got ahead of spring-like warmup

Sarah Kyle, Fort Collins Coloradoan
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Colorado's latest storm brought several inches of snow to portions of Colorado.

Fort Collins got 2.5 inches of snow at the city's official weather station on the Colorado State University Campus. Travel conditions deteriorated quickly Friday evening, prompting the city to go on accident alert.

Warmer days are on the way. But before we get to that, here's a look back at the storm.

Fort Collins-area snow totals

These snowfall ranges were reported through the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network on Saturday morning:

  • Fort Collins: 0.8 inches to 3.4 inches

  • Horsetooth Mountain: 3 inches

  • Wellington: 0.5 inches to 1 inch

  • Loveland: 1.3 inches to 3.5 inches

  • Timnath: 1 inch to 1.3 inches

  • Berthoud: 2 inches to 3.4 inches

  • Estes Park: 2.2 inches to 2.8 inches

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Top snow totals for other Colorado areas

These were the top totals reported for other Colorado areas through CoCoRaHS:

  • Colorado Springs: 6 inches

  • Ouray: 5.8 inches

  • Silverthorne: 5.8 inches

  • Boulder: 5.7 inches

  • Rollinsville: 5 inches

  • Crested Butte: 5 inches

  • La Veta: 5 inches

  • Steamboat Springs: 4.4 inches

  • Walsenburg: 4.3 inches

  • Ivywild: 4.2 inches

  • Golden: 4.2 inches

  • Nederland: 4.1 inches

  • Pinecliffe: 4.1 inches

  • Vail: 4.1 inches

  • Niwot: 4.1 inches

Fort Collins weather forecast

According to the National Weather Service:

  • Saturday, Feb. 17: High near 34 degrees, low around 12 degrees. Sunny.

  • Sunday, Feb. 18: Mostly cloudy for much of the day, with a forecast high near 48 degrees and a low around 26.

  • Monday, Feb. 19 (Washington's Birthday): Sunday, with a forecast high near 56 and low around 29.

  • Tuesday, Feb. 20: Sunny, with a forecast high near 63 and low around 31.

  • Wednesday, Feb. 21: Chance of rain and a forecast high near 59 and low around 32.

  • Thursday, Feb. 22: A chance of rain and snow, but partly sunny. Forecast high near 51, low around 23.

  • Friday, Feb. 23: Sunny, with a forecast high near 51. Forecast low was not listed Saturday morning.

How did Fort Collins' Friday temperatures compare to normal?

The city's mean daily temperature Friday — 24 degrees — was 10 degrees below average for the day, according to the CSU weather station; the high temperature was 36 degrees, and the low was 12.

This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Here's how much snow Fort Collins got, what's forecast for next week