National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce
 

Halloween in Alamosa

 

TEMPERATURE
 

Average High Average Low Record High Record Low

Lowest Maximum

("Coolest High")

Highest Minimum

("Warmest Low")

57 19 70 in 1945 -9 in 1991 23 in 1991 36 in 2003

 

Average Temperature for October 31st :  37.6 F

 

PRECIPITATION

Record Precipitation:  0.76 inches in 1985

Number of times with a trace or more............... 21
Number of times with 0.10 of an inch or more... 8
Climatological chance of a trace or more......  23%
Climatological chance of an inch or more........ 9%

SNOWFALL

Record Snowfall:  10.9 inches in 1972 

Number of times with a trace or more....... 12
Number of times with an inch or more....... 6
Climatological chance of a trace or more.. 13%
Climatological chance of an inch or more... 7%

 

 SNOW ON GROUND

Record Snow on Ground:  12.0 inches in 1991
 
Number of times with a trace or more.....  12
Number of times with an inch or more.....  7
Climatological chance of a trace or more... 13%
Climatological chance of an inch or more..   8%

The last "chilling" Halloween was in 1991. There was 12 inches of snow on the ground at 5 am that morning, with an additional 2 inches falling that day. The mercury rose to a high of only 23 degrees...which is the record lowest maximum temperature for that day, and dipped to a record low for that day of -9 degrees. Another cold Halloween was in 1972 when the day started off with 2 inches of snow on the ground, with a record 10.9 inches of snow falling during the day. The temperature only rose to a high of 29 degrees...with a low reading of 18 degrees.

Precipitation/Snowfall records are in inches, Oct. 1932 to the present.
Snow on the ground is at 5 am MST.  (7 am MST from 1984 - 1991 due to part-time staffing) Snow depth missing in 1947. Temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit.
Current through 2021