Warm New Year’s Eve Across Colorado as Clouds Build, Late-Week Mountain Snow Looms
High pressure keeps cities 10 to 15 degrees above average, with a Thursday system targeting the western slope and high country.
Overview
- Daytime highs reach the mid-50s to low 60s on New Year’s Eve across the Denver metro and much of southern and eastern Colorado.
- High clouds increase through the afternoon and evening, and viewing of the Pikes Peak fireworks could be obscured.
- Temperatures fall quickly after sunset, slipping to the mid-to-upper 30s by midnight in many locations.
- Rain and snow are forecast to arrive on the western slope early Thursday and spread into the high country Thursday into Friday.
- Forecasters expect unusually mild temperatures to persist into the weekend, with a few mountain winter weather alerts possible Thursday and Friday.