Bundle up, Colorado! The first freeze of the season hit parts of the state, including Denver, overnight Saturday into Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
Denver temperatures hit freezing just before 11 p.m. Saturday, according to hourly temperature logs from the weather service. By midnight, temperatures had dropped to 30.9 degrees, where they stayed until about 3 a.m., the logs show.
This year’s first freeze arrived nearly two weeks later than the average of Oct. 7, according to weather service records.
Eight of Denver’s first freezes in the last 10 years happened after Oct. 7, the records show. In 2020, Denver saw its first freeze on Sept. 8 — the earliest it’s been documented in the city.
Temperatures on the Eastern Plains dropped far below freezing overnight Saturday. Weather stations at Limon Municipal Airport recorded overnight temperatures as low as 19 degrees. According to the weather service, other overnight lows include:
- 26 degrees at the Greeley-Weld County Airport,
- 30 degrees at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport near Fort Collins and Loveland,
- 32 degrees at the Boulder Municipal Airport,
- 32 degrees at the Walden-Jackson County Airport,
- 21 degrees at the McElroy Airfield in Kremmling,
- 34 degrees at the Centennial Airport,
- And 33 degrees at the Colorado Plains Regional Airport near Akron.
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