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 PUEBLO CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2024
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 109 07/13/2003
LOW -31 02/01/1951
HIGHEST 106 07/12
07/14
LOWEST -11 01/16
AVG. MAXIMUM 71.6 69.5 2.1
AVG. MINIMUM 38.8 37.0 1.8
MEAN 55.2 53.2 2.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 89
DAYS MAX <= 32 5
DAYS MIN <= 32 152
DAYS MIN <= 0 4
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 23.09 1957
MINIMUM 3.94 2002
TOTALS 14.58 12.02 2.56
DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.03 0.01
DAYS >= .01 67
DAYS >= .10 32
DAYS >= .50 7
DAYS >= 1.00 5
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.64 03/14 TO 03/15
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
MAXIMUM 72.4 1990
MINIMUM 6.9 1977
TOTALS 26.6 28.3 -1.7
SINCE 7/1 15.3 10.8 4.5
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0
DAYS >= TRACE 29 20.3 8.7
DAYS >= 1.0 9 9.1 -0.1
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 6 11/08
24 HR TOTAL 5.3 11/06 TO 11/07
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 4791 5334 -543
SINCE 7/1 1850 2223 -373
COOLING TOTAL 1308 1078 230
SINCE 1/1 1308 1079 229
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 09/09/2020
09/09/2001
LATEST 06/02/1919
EARLIEST 10/25
LATEST 04/15
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/340
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 54/230 DATE 09/17
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 73/220 DATE 09/17
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.16
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 275
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 41
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 19
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 51
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 50 MIXED PRECIP 5
HEAVY RAIN 18 RAIN 30
LIGHT RAIN 97 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 2
HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 12
LIGHT SNOW 27 SLEET 0
FOG 53 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 14
HAZE 7
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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