Spring of 2025 Weather Review

The start of Spring of 2025 was generally warm and windy across south central and southeast Colorado, with March bringing increased fire danger to the snow free areas, as well as a few days with reduced visibility due to blowing dust across southern Colorado. A few passing weather systems did bring cooler temperatures and some precipitation, most notably a system on March 18th and 19th, which brought a period of heavy wind driven snow to portions of the southeast Plains. April was a roller coaster type of month, with cool and wet periods at the beginning and middle of the month, along with warm, dry and windy periods in between. These windy periods continued to bring high fire danger to the snow free areas for much of month. May was another roller coaster type of month, with slow moving weather systems bringing cool and wet periods at the beginning, middle and end of the month, along with a few warm, dry and windy periods in between. However, the above normal precipitation and associated green up helped to taper fire danger across the area.

The following graphics depict seasonal temperature and precipitation departures from normal across the state for the Spring of 2025 (March, April and May).

The preliminary average temperature for the Spring of 2025 in Alamosa was 43.2 degrees. This is 0.1 degree above normal and makes the Spring of 2025 tied as the 24th warmest on record in Alamosa. This remains well below the warmest Spring of 2020 when the average Spring temperature was 46.4F. Alamosa recorded 2.84 inches (2.04 inches in May) of precipitation through the Spring of 2025. This is 1.13 inches above normal and makes the Spring of 2025 the 13th wettest record in Alamosa. This remains well behind the wettest Spring of 1942, when 3.74 inches of precipitation was recorded. Alamosa recorded 10.2 inches of snow throughout the Spring, which is 1.6 inches above normal. This brings the final 2024-25 seasonal snowfall tally in Alamosa to 30.5 inches, which is 2.6 inches above normal.

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The preliminary average temperature for the Spring of 2025 in Colorado Springs was 49.9F. This is 1.3 degrees above normal and makes the Spring of 2025 the 11th warmest on record in Colorado Springs. This remains well below the warmest Spring of 2012, when the average Spring temperature was 53.4 degrees. Colorado Springs recorded 4.25 inches of precipitation through the Spring. This is 0.02 inches above normal and makes the Spring of 2025 the 60th wettest on record in Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs recorded 4.8 inches of snow throughout the Spring. This is 7.0 inches below normal and makes the Spring of 2025 the 29th least snowiest Spring on record in Colorado Springs. This also brings the final 2024-25 seasonal snowfall tally in Colorado Springs to 48.1 inches, which is 15.6 inches above.

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The preliminary average temperature for the Spring of 2025 in Pueblo was 53.3F. This is 1.1 degrees above normal and makes the Spring of 2025 the 18th warmest Spring on record in Pueblo, which remains well behind the warmest Spring of 1981 when the average temperature was 55.8 degrees. Pueblo recorded 2.87 inches of precipitation throughout the Spring. This is 1.09 inches below normal and makes the Spring of 2025 the 55th driest on record in Pueblo. This remains well behind the driest Spring of 2002 when only 0.42 inches of precipitation was recorded in Pueblo. Pueblo recorded 2.2 inches of snow throughout the Spring. This is 5.7 inches below normal and makes Spring of 2025 the 20th least snowiest Spring on record in Pueblo. This also brings the final 2024-25 seasonal snowfall tally in Pueblo to 33.6 inches, which is 5.3 inches above normal.

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Below is the Climate Prediction Center's (CPC) temperature and precipitation outlook for the Summer of 2025 (June, July and August) which leans to above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation across south central and southeast Colorado.