Lack of measurable snow over Thanksgiving weekend could lead to record in Colorado Springs
With only a few flakes recorded in Colorado Springs this season, meteorologists predict similar weather for Thanksgiving weekend.
According to meteorologist Kyle Mozley with the National Weather Service in Pueblo, any “measurable” snowfall this weekend will be in higher elevations over 7,500 feet. The weather agency is forecasting “periods of light snow” in the Palmer Divide and Teller County areas over the weekend, but Mozley said there’s “not really much there” for Colorado Springs besides some light rain or a few flakes.
Thanksgiving will be dry, with “near seasonal” temperatures in the upper 40s forecast, according to the Weather Service.
Mozley said it will be cold and dry headed into the weekend, and expects around an inch or two of snow in Teller County and a “dusting” in the Palmer Divide area.
If snowfall does happen in Colorado Springs, it will be very light and won’t happen until Saturday morning, according to Alan Rose, a meteorologist with Gazette news partner KOAA.
Rose forecasts a “weather whiplash” will happen as temperatures cool, with a small chance for snow on Saturday and Sunday. Highs will only reach the mid-30s with lows in the teens as an arctic blast hits the region.
Measurable snow amounts have yet to fall in Colorado Springs, Mozley said. The closest snow has been to the city was on Sunday, Nov. 23, in the Palmer Divide and Black Forest areas, where Mozley said about an inch or two touched down.
“Colorado Springs had a trace of it. A few flakes fell down at the airport, but nothing measurable yet,” Mozley said.
If snowfall happens Saturday, Rose said it would replace the Nov. 28, 2010, record as the the third latest first snowfall in Colorado Springs.
The city normally receives 4.4 inches of snow in November, according to data from the Weather Service. Its latest first measurable snowfall on record was Dec. 31, 2021.
Mozley said there’s a chance for measurable snowfall mid to late next week.
“But there’s a lot of uncertainty with that. We just have to see how these (weather) systems play out and whether they can pick up some moisture,” Mozley said.