A roller coaster weather pattern was experienced across south central and southeast Colorado for the first month of 2024, with several passing weather systems bringing periods of precipitation and warm and cold temperatures to the region, including blizzard conditions to southeast Colorado on January 8th, followed by a true "Arctic Airmass" invading eastern Colorado January 12th through January 16th. February saw periods of mild and dry weather along with occasional colder and unsettled weather with passing weather systems. One passing system early in the month was able to tap into eastern Pacific moisture, as well as some Gulf of America moisture, to bring widespread rain and snow to eastern Colorado on February 3rd, with both Colorado Springs and Pueblo setting daily precipitation records, as well as Pueblo setting a new maximum daily precipitation for the month of February. A few passing systems through out February also brought windy conditions, along with the return of critical fire weather conditions to portions of south central and southeast Colorado.
March continued the previous months progressive weather pattern across the region, with periods of mild and dry weather along with occasional colder and unsettled weather with passing weather systems. One passing system through the middle of the month brought widespread rain and snow to much of south central and southeast Colorado, with both Colorado Springs and Pueblo setting daily precipitation records, as well as Pueblo once again setting a new maximum daily precipitation for the month of March. Despite the good precipitation, a few passing systems through out March also brought windy conditions and critical fire weather conditions to portions of south central and southeast Colorado. April saw a mainly westerly flow pattern across Rockies, bringing periods of warm, dry and windy weather to south central and southeast Colorado. This pattern also brought increased fire danger days to much of the snow free areas across the region. Two weather systems moved across eastern Colorado towards the end of the month, bringing widespread rain and higher elevation snow to portions of the eastern mountains and plains. May brought an active weather pattern, especially through the middle of the month and again at end of the month. In typical Colorado May fashion, Mother's Day weekend saw widespread precipitation and heavy mountain snowfall, while the end of the month featured strong to severe thunderstorms across the southeast Plains. In the 3 day period from May 9th through May 11th, Alamosa recorded 1.46 inches of precipitation (rain and melted snow), which is roughly 20 percent of Alamosa's annual precipitation (7.41 inches)!
June saw a meandering ridge of high pressure across the Rockies, which brought periods of very warm temperatures, as well as periods of abundant available moisture and heavy rainfall to portions of south central and southeast Colorado. July and August also featured a meandering ridge of high pressure across the Rockies, which brought periods of very warm temperatures, as well as periods of abundant available moisture, heavy rainfall and cooler temperatures to south central and southeast Colorado.
September followed the last few months of summer, in which a meandering ridge of high pressure across the Rockies brought periods of very warm temperatures, as well as allowing for a few passing weather systems and fronts to bring brief cool downs and rain and the first higher mountain snow across the region. Very warm temperatures were experienced across south central and southeast Colorado through the month of October, as upper level ridging dominated the weather through much of the month. However, one slow moving weather system through the middle of October brought abundant rain and higher elevation snow to the southern mountains and southern tier of Colorado. November brought much colder temperatures and well above normal precipitation to all of south central and southeast Colorado. The precipitation was bolstered by a slow moving storm system which produced a widespread 1 to 3 inches, locally up to 5 inches, of rain and snow water equivalent, as well as snowfall of 2 to 6 feet across portions of southern Colorado from November 4th through 9th. After the cold and snowy November, December's weather was generally very warm and dry, with upper level ridging in place across Colorado for much of the month.
...THE COLORADO SPRINGS CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2024
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 101 06/21/2016
06/26/2012
06/26/2012
LOW -27 02/01/1951
12/09/1919
HIGHEST 100 07/12
LOWEST -10 01/15
AVG. MAXIMUM 66.4 64.1 2.3
AVG. MINIMUM 38.9 36.8 2.1
MEAN 52.7 50.4 2.3
DAYS MAX >= 90 35
DAYS MAX <= 32 10
DAYS MIN <= 32 140
DAYS MIN <= 0 4
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 27.58 1999
MINIMUM 6.07 1939
TOTALS 16.13 15.91 0.22
DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.04 -0.00
DAYS >= .01 81
DAYS >= .10 34
DAYS >= .50 6
DAYS >= 1.00 3
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.78 07/20 TO 07/21
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
MAXIMUM 96.4 1957
MINIMUM 11.7 2012
TOTALS 58.6 32.5 26.1
SINCE 7/1 25.8 11.2 14.6
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0
DAYS >= TRACE 55 27.1 27.9
DAYS >= 1.0 16 11.0 5.0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 12 11/08
11/09
24 HR TOTAL 10.2 03/14 TO 03/14
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 5193 5888 -695
SINCE 7/1 1947 2390 -443
COOLING TOTAL 787 608 179
SINCE 1/1 787 608 179
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 09/01/1911
LATEST 06/03/1951
EARLIEST 10/16
LATEST 04/20
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/020
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 51/220 DATE 09/17
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 69/220 DATE 09/17
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.46
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 125
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 193
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 47
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 50
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 70 MIXED PRECIP 17
HEAVY RAIN 20 RAIN 37
LIGHT RAIN 106 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 4
HEAVY SNOW 7 SNOW 16
LIGHT SNOW 52 SLEET 1
FOG 67 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 22
HAZE 1
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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