COLORADO SPRINGS — The leaves have changed … The pumpkins have been carved … But October’s temperatures haven’t matched the rest of the fall atmosphere. Check out all the red on the temperature calendar this month!

Our average high in Colorado Springs was almost eight degrees above normal! Twenty-one days had above-average highs… Only nine below. Our cold snap right at the end of the month kept us from being the warmest month on record.

But it was close. Both Colorado Springs and Pueblo… This was the third warmest October on record. Pueblo… The average high temperature of 78 degrees is only about half a degree off the hottest ever. Cooler overnight lows kept the average temperature in both cities in 4th place.

Most of the month has been dry… Especially in Pueblo… You’ve seen almost half an inch less rain than usual and no snow… You’d average about 2 inches. In the Springs it was pretty typical. Just a touch dry and less snowy than an average year.

Speaking of snow… The first snow of the year in the Springs comes just 6 days later than usual. Pueblo… Of course you’re still waiting. Your first normal snowfall is on November 3rd.

Speaking of November… Looking ahead… Expect more action and less heat. The Climate Prediction Center is forecasting an equal chance of above- and below-average temperatures in November…

And equal chances of above and below average rain and snow.

The good news with these changes is that many ski areas should see good snow totals over the next few weeks… So if you’ve been itching to hit the slopes… It won’t be long.

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