Colorado Springs CO Snowfall Totals & Snow Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Colorado Springs

The next two tables list monthly and yearly totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

10-year snowfall averages in Colorado Springs, 2010 to 2019

Days	Inches	Centi­metres
1.8	January	5.2	13.2
2.5	February	7.3	18.6
1.4	March	4.5	11.4
1.5	April	4.8	12.1
0.3	May	0.7	1.9
0.0	September	0.0	0.0
0.8	October	2.3	5.9
1.0	November	3.0	7.7
1.5	December	4.5	11.5
10.8	Year	32.5	82.4

30-year snowfall averages in Colorado Springs, 1991 to 2020

Days	Inches	Centi­metres
3.9	January	4.9	12.4
4.4	February	4.6	11.7
4.9	March	5.7	14.5
3.6	April	5.5	14.0
0.6	May	0.6	1.5
0.3	September	0.2	0.5
1.7	October	2.5	6.4
3.7	November	4.4	11.2
4.0	December	4.1	10.4
27.1	Year	32.5	82.6

These averages don't show how much the snowfall in Colorado Springs varies from year to year.

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 5.3 inches of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than 2.1 inches for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to 7.5 inches or more, while the lightest years get less than 1.6 inches.

New snow for February ranges from over 6.5 inches in heavy snowfall years to under an inch in light years.

When Colorado Springs Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall of winter for Colorado Springs usually arrives in October, although about one in four years don't get snow until November. Occasionally September gets a light dusting of snow.

The season's last snowfall typically happens in April, yet every few years May also gets a little snow.

Colorado Springs is normally free of snow every year during June, July and August.

How Many Snowstorms Colorado Springs Gets

Most days of snowfall in Colorado Springs leave just a skiff, amounting to less than an inch, of fresh snow on the ground. For 11 days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals at least an inch.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day typically occur once every year or two. But major blizzards that dump ten inches or more in one day are not normal here.

Number of days per month and year on average in Colorado Springs with a total snowfall of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches

1 inch2.5 cm	3 inches7.6 cm	5 inches12.7 cm	10 inches25.4 cm
1.8	0.5	January	0.1	0.0
1.5	0.2	February	0.1	0.0
1.9	0.5	March	0.1	0.0
1.7	0.6	April	0.2	0.0
0.2	0.0	May	0.0	0.0
0.1	0.0	September	0.0	0.0
0.9	0.3	October	0.1	0.0
1.3	0.3	November	0.2	0.0
1.6	0.4	December	0.0	0.0
11.0	2.8	Year	0.8	0.0

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Colorado Springs

Just a small fraction of winter days in Colorado Springs, have an inch or more of snow on the ground. But the snow can accumulate to over five inches deep anytime from October to May.

Average total days per month and year in Colorado Springs with snow depth of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches on the ground

1 inch2.5 cm	3 inches7.6 cm	5 inches12.7 cm	10 inches25.4 cm
4.4	1.4	January	0.4	0.0
4.4	1.7	February	0.6	0.1
3.0	0.9	March	0.3	0.1
1.8	0.6	April	0.2	0.0
0.2	0.1	May	0.1	0.0
0.1	0.0	September	0.0	0.0
0.9	0.4	October	0.2	0.0
3.3	0.9	November	0.3	0.0
4.5	1.4	December	0.3	0.0
22.6	7.4	Year	2.4	0.2