Tag: precipitation
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Colorado Springs bucks typical weather patterns with warm start to year
Colorado Springs ended 2025 on a hot streak and that doesn’t look to cease anytime soon. After tying the warmest mean temperature on record for December, the city recorded a record high for the first day of the year at 65 degrees Fahrenheit. For December, the National Weather Service (NWS) reported that Colorado Springs averaged…
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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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Despite a major November snowstorm, Colorado Springs had a fairly dry 2024: NWS
With the exception of a handful of snowstorms, Colorado Springs saw a fairly dry 2024, with less than a quarter-inch of precipitation in the final month of the year, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. Total snowfall for the year was 58.6 inches, but most of that came from a handful of snowstorms,…
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Record-setting November snowstorm brings some drought relief to Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After an abnormally warm summer and fall, November’s snow has helped relieve Colorado drought conditions, particularly in the southeastern corner of the state. The major storm that started on Election Day and set a 30-year record for November snowfall on Pikes Peak also dropped several…
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Record-setting November snowstorm brings some drought relief to Colorado
After an abnormally warm summer and fall, November’s snow has helped relieve Colorado drought conditions, particularly in the southeastern corner of the state. The major storm that started on Election Day and set a 30-year record for November snowfall on Pikes Peak also dropped several feet of snow in the lower Arkansas Valley and across…
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Colorado Springs weather: Overcast Friday a prelude to wet weekend, possibility of snow
While most Colorado Springs residents might want to pack an umbrella this weekend, the National Weather Service in Pueblo says some high-elevations might see some late-April snow as well. Friday is expected to be mostly cloudy, with a high of about 64 degrees, the weather agency said. The chance of rain is expected to increase…
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Colorado Springs weather: Overcast and damp Friday, with chance of overnight snow showers
Colorado Springs residents will see overcast and damp conditions on Friday, with patches of fog in some areas, according to Gazette news partner KOAA. “Much like yesterday, our weather is starting out overcast, with areas of fog this morning throughout the Pikes Peak region,” Meteorologist Alan Rose said. “However, unlike yesterday, we should see a…
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Drought conditions still easing slowly across Colorado
Drought plaguing the Southwest continues, but Colorado saw another week of small improvements, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The biggest improvements have come in the eastern half of the state, while the Western Slope has yet to see the same reprieve. “Widespread beneficial rainfall, exceeding 1 inch, this…
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Should Colorado enter into a multi-state program to manage its water use?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Demand management: It’s a term that makes water users along the Colorado River nervous — and Colorado state lawmakers, too. In May, the upper Colorado River Basin states (Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico) and the lower-basin states (Arizona, Nevada and California) signed a drought contingency plan…
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Should Colorado enter into a multi-state program to manage its water use?
Demand management: It’s a term that makes water users along the Colorado River nervous — and Colorado state lawmakers, too. In May, the upper Colorado River Basin states (Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico) and the lower-basin states (Arizona, Nevada and California) signed a drought contingency plan (DCP) intended to prevent wide-scale water shortages in the future. That…