NWS Pueblo COFZ.A 0005October 13, 2026
Freeze Watch: Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft, Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft and Southern San Luis Valley, CO
The National Weather Service office in Pueblo issued a freeze watch for Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft, Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft and Southern San Luis Valley in Colorado, in force until 8:00 a.m. local time on October 15. It was the 5th freeze watch the NWS office in Pueblo issued in 2026. Colorado had 1 freeze watch in October 2026, against 7 in an average October of 2008-2025 (Colorado's freeze watchs by year).
Watch
In force for 8 hours
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Pueblo CO
- Area
- Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft, Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft and Southern San Luis Valley
- State
- Colorado
- Level
- Watch
- Issued
- 6:46 a.m. MDT, October 13, 2026
- In force from
- 12:00 a.m. MDT, October 15, 2026
- Expires
- 8:00 a.m. MDT, October 15, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Possible, Future
- VTEC event
- KPUB FZ.A 0005
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Freeze Watches in Colorado since 2008Every warning type in Colorado
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The notice as issued
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 possible. * WHERE...The San Luis Valley. * WHEN...From late Wednesday night through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A killing freeze will be possible which could bring an end to the growing season across the San Luis Valley.
What the agency told people to do
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
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