An early morning pedestrian walks past a fallen tree branch in Loveland's Civic Center Park on Wednesday after a late-season storm dropped between 4 inches of snow on the east side of Loveland to 9 inches on the west side of town, according to National Weather Service reports. (Jocelyn Rowley/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
A great blue heron takes flight Wednesday, May 6, 2026 from the edge of a snow-covered pond in Loveland's North Lake Park after a May snowstorm. According to the National Weather Service, snow totals in Loveland ranged from about 4 inches on the east side of the city to nearly 9 inches west of town. (Jocelyn Rowley/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
The National Weather Service reports that up to 9 inches of snow blanketed Loveland during a May storm Tuesday and Wednesday.
Official reports are that 4 inches fell on the east side of Loveland and 9 inches on the west. Much more snow fell in the mountains with up to 27 inches reported in Estes Park.
The snow did not stick to the roads but did provide some much needed moisture, though not enough to stave off a fire ban approved Tuesday for unincorporated Larimer County.
City parks worker Jorge Rodriguez clears snow Wednesday along a path in Benson Sculpture Park, lined with sagging tree branches. (Jocelyn Rowley/Loveland Reporter-Herald)(Jocelyn Rowley/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
Joel and Ella Sander take advantage of a snow day for Thompson School District students by having a snowball fight Wednesday in the skate park at Mehaffey Park following a May snowstorm in Loveland. (Jocelyn Rowley/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
Heavy, wet snow brought down tree branches onto a bicycle rack Wednesday outside the Loveland Public Library. (Jocelyn Rowley/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
An early morning pedestrian walks past a fallen tree branch in Loveland's Civic Center Park on Wednesday after a late-season storm dropped between 4 inches of snow on the east side of Loveland to 9 inches on the west side of town, according to National Weather Service reports. (Jocelyn Rowley/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
A great blue heron takes flight Wednesday, May 6, 2026 from the edge of a snow-covered pond in Loveland's North Lake Park after a May snowstorm. According to the National Weather Service, snow totals in Loveland ranged from about 4 inches on the east side of the city to nearly 9 inches west of town. (Jocelyn Rowley/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
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City parks worker Jorge Rodriguez clears snow Wednesday along a path in Benson Sculpture Park, lined with sagging tree branches. (Jocelyn Rowley/Loveland Reporter-Herald)(Jocelyn Rowley/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
