As clouds from a Pacific storm move toward Colorado, the ability to see the Pikes Peak fireworks for New Year’s is coming into question.

At the end of every year, the AdAmAn Club hosts a viewing party in celebration of the new year at the Crystal Reservoir Visitor Center in Cascade. The event started in 1922 and has become a longstanding tradition in Colorado Springs ever since. Two sets of fireworks will go off — one at 9 p.m. and the other at midnight.

Meteorologist Alan Rose of Gazette news partner KOAA said early Wednesday morning that the clouds should be thin enough and high enough to allow for “decent” viewing of the fireworks, but that could still change.

The National Weather Service’s office in Pueblo is forecasting “increasing” cloud coverage for Colorado Springs headed into the night, with a low of around 31 degrees.

“I honestly can’t say for sure what the cloud ceilings are going to be at (midnight),” said Weather Service Meteorologist Mike Garberoglio. “Cloud coverage should be scattered, so (Pikes Peak) shouldn’t be completely obscured at the very least.”

Garbergolio said skies are expected to be cloudier past midnight, but there could be some mid-level clouds in the mountains that could impact viewing of the fireworks.

The New Year’s Eve forecast in Colorado Springs

Temperatures will rise into upper 50s and lower 60s Wednesday, continuing a streak of above-seasonal temperatures in Colorado that has broken records in the state’s southern portion. The average high is 43, according to official records.

Thursday, New Year’s Day: The high is projected to be around 61 degrees, with cloudy skies. The nighttime low will be around 35.

Friday: Expect sunny skies to return, with a high around 59 degrees and a nighttime low of around 32.

Garbergolio said similar high temperatures are expected through the weekend.

While the weather across southern Colorado is forecast to be warm and dry, some of the state’s mountains may see up to 10 inches of snow for the start of 2026.

The European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts model is forecasting Friday will see between 2-10 inches of snow in the northern mountains, with the highest amounts in the Park Range near Steamboat, 2-10 inches in the central mountains, with the highest amounts in the West Elk and Elk mountains near Aspen and Crested Butte and 2-5 inches in the southern mountains, with the highest amounts in the northern San Juan Mountains near Silverton and Telluride.

Three more chances of stormy conditions (Jan. 5, Jan. 7-9 and Jan. 11-12) are forecast over the first 10-12 days of January, with all three mountain zones receiving snow during that time period.

Early Thursday morning, snow is forecast to develop in the western reaches of Colorado’s mountains first, then push eastward toward the Continental Divide throughout the day and into Friday.

Seasonal daytime highs and nighttime lows are expected over the next two weeks, suggesting most snow that falls won’t melt off; however, longer periods of snowless days with a low snowpack and exposed slopes could keep the overall snowpack in the red as 2026 starts.