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Many people think Denver is in the Mountains. It's actually at the far Western end of the great plains, and the foothills of the Rockys begin at the Western suburbs.
Most people also think Denver gets feet of snow. Also not true. We get two or three heavy storms in a normal year (6 to 10 inches) and the snow generally melts within a day or two because it's so dry here, and we get over 300 days of sunshine each year -- about the same as San Diego -- and our mile high altitude makes the sun more intense here. Of course we did have one huge blizzard in April, but that was the exception, not the rule. And, if we're lucky the mountains get the feet of snow.
Also, people think Colorado is all mountains. The Eastern Plains are semi-arid -- almost desert.
You can thank most of the weather misconceptions to the TV network newscasts which don't differentiate well between "Denver" and "Colorado."
I thought all of that, too, before the first time I visited in 1970.
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Last edited by DeltAlum; 05-29-2003 at 09:36 PM.
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