Temperatures are dropping in Denver, but the date residents can expect the first hard freeze to hit the city remains unknown, according to National Weather Service meteorologists.
The northeast metro area could see freezing temperatures Saturday night, but a widespread freeze is not likely for the Denver area, weather service meteorologist Bruno Rodriguez said.
A frost advisory will be in effect for parts of Weld, Lincoln and Elbert counties, including Greeley and Limon, from 2 a.m. to 8 a.m. Friday, according to the weather service.
Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 degrees are also expected in western Colorado overnight Thursday into Friday morning, according to a freeze warning from the weather service.
That warning covers the Yampa River Basin, Colorado River Basin, Paradox Valley, Animas River Basin, San Juan River Basin and Four Corners area. Affected cities include Dinosaur, Craig, Meeker, Steamboat Springs, Glenwood Springs, Durango and Pagosa Springs.
Denver temperatures are forecast to fall into the 30s during most nights in the next week, but it’s unknown if they will hit the freezing mark, Rodriguez said. It’s likely to happen before the end of the month.
“The fall is pretty volatile in that sense,” he said.
The Denver area typically sees a hard freeze between the middle and end of October, Rodriguez said. The official average for the city is Oct. 7, according to weather service records.
Denver’s earliest freeze on record was Sept. 8, 2020, according to the weather service. The latest was Nov. 15 in 1944.
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