One of the reasons people get the idea that it snows EVERY Halloween in southern Colorado is that when it does snow, it's memorable. Here are a few from the record books (courtesy of the records kept by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Pueblo, Colorado).
In 2002, the day started out at 20 degrees, with a dusting of clouds, and it only got 4 degrees warmer during the day, leading to freezing drizzle and snow that night.
Not impressed? Well, let's go back to 1991, when I took the kids trick-or-treating on a day that started with 6 inches of snow on the ground, and an additional 1.2" during the day. After a high of only 20 degrees, the mercury fell to 10 above for a record low.
The all-time champion, though, was 1972. 13.8 inches of snow fell, and the high only made it to 25 degrees.
No question that those are impressive Halloween nights, but they're the exception, not the rule. The average high for the day is 57, the average low is 28.
Still too early to tell whether this year will be "normal" or "memorable", but I'll keep a weather eye on it for you. Tomorrow, the statistics for Pueblo.
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