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Halloween revelers appear likely to be catching a break amid an up-and-down weather forecast for the Colorado Springs area this week. This fall's first hard freeze — with a possible mix of rain and snow — are expected Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. A high temperature of 45 degrees along with a 30% chance of rain and snow are forecast Wednesday before an overnight low of 21 Thursday morning.
The good news for Halloween day: a high of 56, just three degrees below the average high Oct. 31, and sunny skies are expected Thursday. Temps in the 40s and 30s are expected as the night progresses.
Some folks heading outdoors might feel fortunate compared to a few Halloween years past, according to Weather Service historical data. - In 1991, there were 6 inches of snow on the ground in Colorado Springs, the result of a nationwide storm known as the “Halloween Blizzard.” In Minnesota , people got out their skis to brave an exceedingly difficult trick-or-treating terrain.
- Just more than one decade later, the Colorado Springs Halloween of 2002 won the city’s historical “coolest high” of 24 degrees. According to the Weather Service , that year was the last “chilling” Halloween. - In 1972, a record 13.
8 inches of snow fell although much of it melted the same day. - In 2019, the thermometer hit a record low of 7 degrees. Just a few years earlier, in 2016, Colorado Springs set an all-time high for the date of 80 degrees.
The temps were even more extreme in Pueblo, with the record low of minus-5 in 2019 and all-time high of 84 in 2016. - The last measurable snowfall in Colorado Springs came in 2018, with 2.2 inches of snow.
The chance of precipitation Wednesday follows red flag warnings for high fire danger across much of southeast Colorado Monday and Tuesday. According to Alan Rose, meteorologist at Gazette news partner KOAA, there is a red flag warning issued for Tuesday "because of the downslope wind and dry air.” Wind gusts could reach 60 mph in the region.
In Colorado Springs, a high temperature of 69 is forecast Tuesday by the Weather Service..
