Spring of 2022 Review

The start of meteorological spring (March, April and May) started out and ended warm and dry, with periods of cold and wet weather the rule through out the rest of March, as several weather systems brought cool and unsettled weather to south central and southeast Colorado. Occasional breezy to windy conditions also brought periods of critical fire weather conditions to portions of south central and southeast Colorado through out the month of March. April was a warm, windy and dry month across south central and especially southeast Colorado, as weather systems moved mainly north of area, bringing very windy and mainly dry weather to southern Colorado. This dry and very windy pattern brought critical and extreme fire weather conditions to much of south central and southeast Colorado through out the month, with several wildfires and dust storms recorded across the region in April. May was a bi-polar month, especially across southeast Colorado, where very warm and windy weather through the 1st half of the month brought very critical fire weather conditions across the region, along with several new wildfires. Warm and windy conditions prevailed across southeast Colorado through May 20th, when an unseasonably strong weather system brought 10 to 30 inches of late season snowfall to Pikes Peak region and areas along and west of the I-25 Corridor. For the Spring of 2022 as a whole, generally at or above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation was experienced across south central and southeast Colorado.

The preliminary average temperature for the Spring of 2022 in Alamosa was 43.0 degrees, which is 0.1 degrees below normal. Alamosa recorded 1.27 inches of precipitation through the Spring of 2022, which is 0.41 inches below normal. Alamosa recorded 7.4 inches of snow through the Spring, which brings the 2021-22 seasonal snowfall total in Alamosa up to 19.5 inches.

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The preliminary average temperature for the Spring of 2022 in Colorado Springs was 50.6 degrees. This is 2.0 degrees above normal and makes the Spring of 2022 the 5th warmest Spring on record in Colorado Springs, behind the average Spring temperatures of 53.4F in 2012, the 52.8F in 1948 and the 51.0F in the Spring's of 1934 and 1925. Colorado Springs recorded 2.78 inches of precipitation through the Spring, which is 1.45 inches below normal. Colorado Springs recorded 18.2 inches of snow through the Spring, which is 6.4 inches above normal. This brings the 2021-22 seasonal snowfall total in Colorado Springs up to 33.4 inches, which is 0.9 inches above normal.

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The preliminary average temperature for the Spring of 2022 in Pueblo was 51.8 degrees, which is 0.4 degrees below normal. Pueblo recorded 4.25 inches of precipitation through the Spring, which is 0.29 inches above normal. Pueblo recorded 12.1 inches of snow through the Spring of 2022, which is 4.2 inches above normal. This brings the 2021-22 seasonal snowfall total up to 25.8 inches, which is 2.5 inches below normal.

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Below is the Climate Prediction Center's (CPC) temperature and precipitation outlook for the Summer of 2022 (June, July and August), which indicates better chances of above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation across south central and southeast Colorado.