Tag: national weather service
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Colorado Springs, Pueblo brace for more windy weather, snow showers overnight
After Colorado Springs was buffeted by winds reaching 81 mph on Tuesday, the city should brace for another round, according to the National Weather Service. As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, the temperature in the city was 45 degrees. However, with winds blowing at 25 mph and gusts hitting 43 mph, the wind chill made it…
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Wind tops out at 81 mph in Pikes Peak region, bringing moderate impacts
The wind in Colorado Springs moved fast enough to get a ticket on some stretches of Interstate 25. By 5 p.m., the city recorded a peak gust of 81 mph at the airport, speeds exceeding the posted limit on some stretches of highway. However, it was about 10 mph short of the record 91 mph,…
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Colorado Springs weather: Longstanding record could fall Monday
Colorado Springs is expected to flirt with a 30-year-old temperature record on Monday as an unseasonably warm winter season continues, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. Monday is expected to be mostly sunny with a high of 68 degrees, the weather agency predicts. The record high temperature for Feb. 9 is 71 degrees,…
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Colorado Springs experiences ‘weather whiplash’ as arctic blast sweeps through Pikes Peak region
Colorado Springs experienced a case of weather whiplash over the weekend as an arctic air mass swept through the Pikes Peak region, interrupting what has been, for the most part, an unseasonably warm January. The city saw frigid, single-digit temperatures and a steady cascade of light, dry snow throughout the weekend, making for slick, icy…
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Colorado Springs snow crews prepare for Thursday storm
Colorado Springs road crews will break out the liquid de-icer Thursday to treat some city streets before a snowstorm is expected to arrive. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for the northern part of El Paso County beginning Thursday afternoon. Colorado Springs could start seeing snow during the afternoon before the…
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Colorado Springs experienced record-high December weather
Colorado Springs ended 2025 on a high note, when it came to temperatures. Data from the National Weather Service reported that the city averaged a high of 55.4 degrees throughout December, which is 10.8 degrees higher than the monthly average. Low temperatures last month averaged 26.6 degrees, 7.9 degrees above the monthly average. According to…
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Colorado Springs breaks temperature record with 71-degree Christmas
Far from being a white Christmas, Colorado Springs and other cities in southern Colorado are seeing the hottest holiday on record. The National Weather Service in Pueblo reported Thursday afternoon that the high temperature reached 71 degrees at Colorado Springs Airport, shattering the previous record of 67 degrees, set in 1955 and 1971. At the…
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Christmas week starts with record high; La Niña means more records could fall
Dreams of a white Christmas are giving way to a La Niña reality as the warmest Dec. 22 on record kicks off an unseasonably warm holiday week in Colorado Springs, according to the National Weather Service. Monday’s temperatures reached a high of 72 degrees, eclipsing the previous record of 69, set in 1955, and smashing…
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A White Christmas in Colorado Springs is rare, but what about an earthquake?
By O’Dell Isaac The National Weather Service definition of a white Christmas focuses on how much snow is on the ground on Dec. 25. According to the weather agency, if there is at least 1 inch of snow on the ground on Christmas and greater than 0.5 inches falling during the day, then it qualifies.…
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Colorado Springs weather: Possible record temperatures, fire danger as La Niña event continues
By O’Dell Isaac Dreams of a white Christmas are giving way to a La Niña reality as an unseasonably warm December continues, with temperatures threatening to eclipse a 70-year-old record in Colorado Springs on Monday. According to the National Weather Service, the warmest Dec. 22 was in 1955, when Colorado Springs saw a high of…