Climate averages 1991–2020
Colorado Springs weather
in October.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Colorado Springs: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pueblo (67 km away). In October its highs average 19.6°C, 2.5°C warmer than Colorado Springs, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Colorado Springs ranks joint 359th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 128th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Colorado Springs is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.3°C to 9.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 31 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Colorado Springs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 15 | 3.9 | 9.810 h |
| February | 6.5°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 16 | 4.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 42 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 63 | 9.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 69 | 11.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 52 | 10.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 71 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 63 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 17.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 21 | 5.0 | 10.110 h |
| December | 4.9°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 13 | 3.5 | 9.510 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Pueblo in OctoberUnited States · 67 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Highlands Ranch in OctoberUnited States · 81 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 1.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Centennial in OctoberUnited States · 83 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 1.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Lakewood in OctoberUnited States · 99 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 2.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Aurora (Colorado), United States in OctoberUnited States · 100 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 3.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Denver in OctoberUnited States · 102 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 2.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Arvada in OctoberUnited States · 110 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 2.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Westminster (Colorado), United States in OctoberUnited States · 113 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 40 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Colorado Springs) is explained once on the Colorado Springs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.