Denver weather: Mild conditions Wednesday lead to 1-3″ of snow over holiday weekend

Weather around metro Denver on Wednesday is forecast to be seasonal, with some sun some clouds but calm and quiet throughout the day. The city’s big change comes Friday night as a storm system is forecast to cool things down a lot and snow is possible each weekend day.

Denver residents can expect mostly sunny skies today, with a high near 51, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder. Calm winds become north northeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight it’ll be partly cloudy, with a low around 29. East winds around 5 mph become light and variable in the evening.

Thanksgiving Day will be more of the same like Wednesday; calm winds, sunshine and mild temperatures. Friday will warm up into the 60s initially, however, winds will pick up in the afternoon and evening ahead of a cold front for the weekend.

Weather models and the NWS forecast snow arriving late Friday night and continuing into Saturday morning for metro Denver. A second round of snow is forecast for Sunday afternoon and evening as another wave of snow moves into the state from the northwest.

Snowfall totals around metro Denver are forecast to be between 1-3 inches.

An ECMWF Total Snowfall 10:1 (in) forecast map of Colorado from 11 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 25 to 11 a.m., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (Pivotalweather.com).

Here’s the 4-day forecast from the National Weather Service.

Thanksgiving: Sunny, with a high near 53. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 63. South southwest wind around 6 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32.

Sunday: A chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 31.


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