Farmers’ Almanac Predicts Downright Freezing Fall in Colorado

This summer has been absolutely brutal when it comes to the heat.

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In fact, Colorado was recently ranked as the third worst state for “extreme heat days” in the entire country with 17.5. An extreme heat day is categorized as a day where the max temperature is above the 95th percentile of the historical threshold. 

But as we enter the latter half of the summer, the days are about to get shorter. In fact, by August 31st, we will have lost a total of 71 minutes of daylight. 

However, the obvious change will be to the weather. Temperatures are sure to be going down, but just by how much?

To try to answer that question, let’s see what the Farmers’ Almanac has to say about the weather this fall.

Farmers’ Almanac Predicts ‘Frigid’ and Wet Fall Conditions for Colorado in 2024

Recently, Farmers’ Almanac came out with its annual predictions for this fall. Within that report, they also gave their predictions about the first frosts in Colorado as well.

They place Colorado within the North Central region of the country, which also includes neighboring states like Wyoming, Nebraska, and Kansas.

Within the North Central region, Farmers’ Almanac is predicting that it will not only be ‘frigid’, but wet as well. 

So not only is it likely that temperatures are going to dip down come autumn, but we also could be seeing snow earlier in the year as well. 

In fact, they are predicting a heavy snowfall in the region to take place between November 8th through the 11th.

They also predict that it will be windy around Halloween. 

On the other hand, they also predicted when the first frost fall will likely be throughout Colorado. On average, it will likely take place between September 27th and October 5th. 

How Accurate is the Farmers’ Almanac?

With all of this being said, it is fair to wonder just how accurate the Farmers’ Almanac is each year.

If you were to go off what the people over at the Farmers’ Almanac say, they get it right about 80% of the time.

However, other studies have been done by outside sources that place it a bit closer to 50%, which is an admittedly pretty significant drop-off.