Halloween Facts for Alamosa

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Halloween in Alamosa

TEMPERATURE

Average High

Average Low

Record High

Record Low

Lowest Maximum

("Coolest High")

Highest Minimum

("Warmest Low")

70 in 1945

-9 in 1991

23 in 1991

36 in 2003

Average Temperature for October 31st : 37.6 F

PRECIPITATION

Record Precipitation: 0.76 inches in 1985

Number of times with a trace or more............... 21
Number of times with 0.10 of an inch or more... 8
Climatological chance of a trace or more...... 23%
Climatological chance of an inch or more........ 9%

SNOWFALL

Record Snowfall: 10.9 inches in 1972

Number of times with a trace or more....... 12
Number of times with an inch or more....... 6
Climatological chance of a trace or more.. 13%
Climatological chance of an inch or more... 7%

SNOW ON GROUND

Record Snow on Ground: 12.0 inches in 1991

Number of times with a trace or more..... 12
Number of times with an inch or more..... 7
Climatological chance of a trace or more... 13%
Climatological chance of an inch or more.. 8%

The last "chilling" Halloween was in 1991. There was 12 inches of snow on the ground at 5 am that morning, with an additional 2 inches falling that day. The mercury rose to a high of only 23 degrees...which is the record lowest maximum temperature for that day, and dipped to a record low for that day of -9 degrees. Another cold Halloween was in 1972 when the day started off with 2 inches of snow on the ground, with a record 10.9 inches of snow falling during the day. The temperature only rose to a high of 29 degrees...with a low reading of 18 degrees.

Precipitation/Snowfall records are in inches, Oct. 1932 to the present.
Snow on the ground is at 5 am MST. (7 am MST from 1984 - 1991 due to part-time staffing) Snow depth missing in 1947. Temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit.

Current through 2021

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Halloween Facts for Alamosa - NWS Pueblo, CO

Halloween in Alamosa

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