Story Image: The ghost town of Independence, Colorado.January of 2021 saw several passing weather systems through out the first half of the month across south central and southeast Colorado. The average date for at least an inch is October 17th in Denver and November 10th in Colorado Springs. The average date for a Trace of snow to occur is October 15th in Denver and October 20th in Colorado Springs. September 1971: 17.2 inches in Denver, 9.7 inches in Colorado SpringsĪs September comes to a close, the lower elevations of Colorado will not have recorded any snow.September 1935: 8.0 inches in Colorado Springs.Some spots between Colorado Springs and Denver even recorded close to 6 inches of fresh powder! An inch of snow fell in Denver, while 2 to 4 inches of the fluffy white stuff piled up in Colorado Springs and Pueblo.Snow developed later that evening and continued into the morning of September 9th. Temperatures remained in the 40s for most of September 8th while there was a mix of rain and snow. A series of cold fronts then moved across Colorado, which dropped temperatures from the 90s on the 7th to the 40s overnight.High temperatures reach 97 and 93 degrees on September 6th and 7th, respectively.This was also the latest date a 100-degree reading has ever been experienced in Denver. On September 5, 2020, Denver set its all-time record high for September, reaching 101 degrees.Colorado experienced the some of the latest readings ever of 100-degree heat followed by one of the earliest accumulating snow in history.Record Heat to Accumulating Snow? September 8-9, 2020 It continued to snow into September 3, 1961, with the earliest measurable snowfall of 4.2 inches occurring. Colorado Springs, Colo., reported a Trace of snow on September 2, 1961, which is the earliest snowfall of at least a Trace in their history.Snowfall amount of 4.2 inches was recorded that day.Denver’s earliest snowfall in recorded history occurred on September 3, 1961, which happened before Labor Day that year.Damage to property and trees: more than $1 million (1959)Įarliest Snow in History: September 2-3, 1961.Pueblo, Colo., reported 14 inches of snow.Snowfall totals of 27.0-34.1 inches of heavy, wet snow fell in Colorado Springs.The moisture and cold air collided over Colorado, which cause a historic snowstorm along the Front Range. Meanwhile, an unseasonably strong Arctic cold front dropped south from Canada. A low pressure system moving across the Southwest and southern Rockies, which transferred moisture from the Pacific into the Rockies. ![]() Here are some significant Colorado September snowstorms. A historic snowstorm happened on this day in the lower elevations, and it turns out snow in September is more common than you would think. ![]() When someone says snow in Colorado in September, you usually assume it must be in the highest peaks of the Rocky Mountains.
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