Critical Fire Weather Persists in the Southern High Plains; Snow in the Great Lakes into the Northeast

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will persist across the central and southern High Plains today as gusty winds and dry conditions continue across the region. A clipper system will bring some lake effect snow to the Great Lakes and snow into the Northeast. Well above-average temperatures are expected to expand across much of the West, into the Plains states, and Southeast. Read More >

Colorado Springs

Record Snowfall Data

HIGHEST SNOWFALL FOR MONTHS

. Sep Oct *Nov Dec Jan
1. 27.9 1959 1. 25.9 1984 1. 26.3 1991 1. 24.6 1913 1. 28.7 1987

2. 9.7 1971 2. 21.7 1970 2. 21.8 1909 2. 18.2 1983 2. 14.6 2001

3. 8.0 1935 3. 19.9 1997 3. 19.1 1979 3. 17.6 1979 3. 13.6 2014

Feb Mar Apr May
1. 23.2 1987 1. 30.2 1909 1. 42.7 1957 1. 19.4 1978

2. 18.9 1989 2. 24.7 1906 2. 34.5 1900 2. 14.9 1957

3. 18.5 1911 3. 24.0 1928 3. 25.5 1959 3. 14.4 1898

* RECORD ONE-MONTH SNOWFALL RECORD ONE-DAY SNOWFALL

1. 42.7 Apr 1957 1. 25.6 Mar 11, 1909

2. 34.5 Apr 1900 2. 22.0 Jan 15, 1987

3. 30.2 Mar 1909 3. 18.0 Mar 15, 1928

4. 28.7 Jan 1987 18.0 Apr 5, 1900

*5. 27.9 Sep 1959 5. 16.7 Apr 7, 1957

6. 26.3 Nov 1991 6. 16.2 Feb 10, 1934

7. 25.9 Oct 1984 7. 16.0 Apr 11, 1901

8. 25.5 Apr 1959 8. 15.0 Mar 18, 1998

9. 24.7 Mar 1906 9. 14.9 May 5, 1978

10. 24.6 Dec 1913 10. 14.8 Feb 26, 1987

*Snowfall records indicate at least 28 inches of snow fell over a 4 day period

from Nov 2-5, 1946 in a documented blizzard across eastern Colorado. Snowfall

records for Colorado Springs during this period are incomplete; therefore the data was not included.

GREATEST AMOUNT IN 24 HOURS: 25.6 Mar 11, 1909 .

EARLIEST SNOWFALL: trace Sep 2, 1961

EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL: 4.2 Sep 3, 1961

. LATEST SNOWFALL: 1.1 June 10, 1975

LATEST MEASURABLE 1st SNOWFALL: 0.4 Dec 31, 2021

HIGHEST SEASONAL SNOWFALL LOWEST SEASONAL SNOWFALL

1. 89.4 1956-57 1. 7.3 1945-46

2. 83.2 1986-87 2. 12.7 2010-11

            3. 76.0   1972-73                3. 15.7   1907-08
            4. 75.5   1984-85                4. 15.9   2001-02
            5. 72.6   1979-80                5. 16.2   1930-31
            6. 70.7   1983-84                6. 17.4   2005-06
            7. 70.3   1908-09                7. 17.5   1931-32
            8. 69.5 1978-79                8. 17.9   2008-09
9. 65.6   1959-60                9. 18.0   1950-51
.10. 65.1 1969-70               10. 18.2   1980-81

Seasonal snowfall is from July through June. Snowfall amounts are recorded in inches, and include sleet and hail as of Aug. 1 1948.

LOWEST SNOWFALL FOR MONTHS

    .    November
                    1. 0.1 : (19)02, 24
.                             2. Trace : (19)49, 65, 95, (20)16, 21
.                    3. 0.2   : (19)42, 89, (20)05, 10, 20

       December
                         1. Trace : (19)05, 17, 22, 31, 70, 95
.                        2. 0.2   : (19)57
.                        3. 0.3   : (19)30

          January
         1. Trace : (19)53, 64, 95
.        2. 0.2   : (19)52, 86
.           3. 0.3   : (19)98,(20)03

             February
            1. Trace : (19)91
.         2. 0.2   : (19)50, 92
.         3. 0.6    : (20)09

           March.
.                       1. Trace : (19)18, 35, 46, 89, (20)07
.                   2. 0.1   : (19)66            .
.              3. 0.7   : (19)39, (20)12

Number of days with more than a trace

of snow from Oct 1^st through May 31^st... 3088

Climatological chance for measurable snow.......... 10%

**Days through May 31, 2022 - based on 31448 days

Records are from January 1, 1900 to present.

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Critical Fire Weather Persists in the Southern High Plains; Snow in the Great Lakes into the Northeast

Record Snowfall Data -- Colorado Springs