Frost/Freeze — Debeque To Silt Corridor, Colorado

2023-10-29 to 2023-10-30 · Debeque To Silt Corridor, Colorado

Event narrative

Overnight lows ranged from 11 to 24 degrees F across the zone, including a low of 16 degrees F at Garfield County Regional Airport in Rifle. This constituted a season-ending freeze, as all reporting sites dropped below 28 degrees F for 3 hours or more.

Wider weather episode

Clearing skies and a much colder airmass behind a departing low pressure system led to sub-freezing temperatures across all of western Colorado, including low-elevation valleys.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1140226. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.