It is pretty awesome to look out the window and see that picture-perfect "winter in Colorado" postcard image. It seems like we have gotten to see that more than usual this winter.

Here we are in January and weather forecasters are saying a "major snowstorm is headed for the Front Range." That's what I heard on Denver 7 Sunday night. Tuesday afternoon is when that heavy snow is expected to start.

The National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Watch that says we should expect "snow accumulations between 5 and 10 inches."

Weather Underground is predicting closer to 5 inches for Fort Collins and around 7 for areas south of Denver. Southwest Colorado, near Durango, is predicted to get the most accumulation from this storm with 10 to 16" expected.

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I guess we can't complain after seeing those pictures of Mammoth Mountain in California which is dealing with feet and feet and feet of snow.

I grew up in Colorado and the phrase was always February and March are our snowiest months, the Denver Post agrees. They reported that "Denver’s long-term average of 6.6 inches of January snowfall isn’t anything to sneeze at, it’s actually the least snowy month of the winter on average (December-February)."

There are 64 days until Spring. A lot could happen between now and then. If this trend of significant snowfall every few days continues, then this could be a pretty memorable season. In the back of our minds, we are all saying "we need the snow because we are in a drought" and in the front of our minds we are saying "I just want to ride my bike in a t-shirt."

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LOOK: The most extreme temperatures in the history of every state

Stacker consulted 2021 data from the NOAA's State Climate Extremes Committee (SCEC) to illustrate the hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in each state. Each slide also reveals the all-time highest 24-hour precipitation record and all-time highest 24-hour snowfall.

Keep reading to find out individual state records in alphabetical order.