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National Weather Service
Official Freeze Warning in effect for Colorado.
What it means
- Freeze or cold: protect sensitive plants, pets and outdoor pipes. In extreme cold, dress in layers, limit time outdoors and use space heaters and generators safely.
Always follow your local National Weather Service office and local officials. Details below.
Official weather alerts for Colorado
Freeze Warning until Sat, Oct 17, 9:00 AM MDT
Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 5:11PM MDT until October 17 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Pueblo CO
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County; Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft; Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Ft; Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet; Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft; Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft; Crowley County; La Junta Vicinity/Otero County; Eastern Las Animas County; Western Kiowa County; Eastern Kiowa County; Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County; Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County; Springfield Vicinity/Baca County
Full text from the National Weather Service
FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT SATURDAY
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. * WHERE...All of southeast Colorado. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Instructions: Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Official NWS page · NWS Pueblo CO
Freeze Warning until Sat, Oct 17, 9:00 AM MDT
Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 11:26AM MDT until October 17 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Denver CO
Sedgwick County; Phillips County
Full text from the National Weather Service
FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT SATURDAY
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures of 26 to 29 degrees expected. * WHERE...Julesburg, and Holyoke. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Most of the northeast plains of Colorado will drop below freezing tonight. However, this Freeze Warning will only be in effect for locations that did not see a hard or killing freeze (temperatures closer to 28F) last night.
Instructions: Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
Official NWS page · NWS Denver CO
Freeze Warning until Sat, Oct 17, 9:00 AM MDT
Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 9:53AM MDT until October 17 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
Lower Yampa River Basin; Central Yampa River Basin; Upper Yampa River Basin; Central Colorado River Basin; San Juan River Basin
Full text from the National Weather Service
TODAY'S FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM MDT THIS MORNING... ...TONIGHT'S FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT SATURDAY
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 to 30 expected. * WHERE...Central Yampa River Basin, Lower Yampa River Basin, Upper Yampa River Basin, San Juan River Basin, and Central Colorado River Basin. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Instructions: Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Official NWS page · NWS Grand Junction CO
Freeze Warning until Sat, Oct 17, 9:00 AM MDT
Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 8:40AM MDT until October 17 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Goodland KS
Yuma County; Kit Carson County; Cheyenne County; Cheyenne; Rawlins; Decatur; Norton; Sherman; Thomas; Sheridan; Graham; Wallace; Logan; Gove; Greeley; Wichita; Dundy; Hitchcock; Red Willow
Full text from the National Weather Service
FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ SATURDAY
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Colorado, northwest and west central Kansas, and southwest Nebraska. * WHEN...From midnight MDT /1 AM CDT/ tonight to 9 AM MDT /10 AM CDT/ Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Instructions: Drain in-ground sprinkler systems and cover above ground pipes. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Official NWS page · NWS Goodland KS
Storm Prediction Center · today's severe-storm outlook · issued 1 h ago
None of these cities are inside today's thunderstorm or severe-storm areas.
Official SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook (NOAA), valid until Sat, Oct 17, 6:00 AM MDT. It shows the chance of severe storms in the area, not a warning for your street. SPC outlook
U.S. Drought Monitor · map of October 13
71% of Colorado is in drought, including 26% in extreme or exceptional drought.
Share of the state's area. Updated every Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor (National Drought Mitigation Center, USDA and NOAA). Drought builds over weeks and months: one rainy day rarely ends it.
Weather in Colorado now
What is normal in October in Colorado
changing season Dry, windy days keep wildfire risk high, and the first snowstorms arrive in the mountains.
El Niño is under way, and NOAA expects it to be strong (NOAA, October 8, 2026).
In New Mexico and the southern Rockies it tends to bring more winter snow; the northern Rockies tend to be warmer and drier.
These are general tendencies: every year is different, and your local forecast comes first.
Typical climate per NOAA and regional weather services. It describes the season, not the forecast for a given day.
Where will it rain most? Forecast by city
Total rain each day, in inches. Wettest cities first.
| City | Tomorrow | Sunday | Monday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | 0 | 0 | 0.04 |
| Colorado Springs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boulder | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fort Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pueblo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grand Junction | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Automatic forecast from a computer model (MET Norway, data CC BY 4.0). Not an official alert: for watches and warnings, follow National Weather Service.
What do the inches mean?
As a rough guide: under a quarter inch in a day is light rain; 1 to 2 inches is a heavy downpour; more than 2 inches in a day is very heavy rain that can flood low-lying areas and roads.
Several rainy days in a row saturate the ground: even a modest storm can then cause flash flooding and rising rivers.
Cities in Colorado
Official sources for Colorado
Emergency: 911