NWS Issues Freeze Watch for Southeast Colorado on April 18, 2026

Description: Freeze Watch issued by NWS Pueblo for Colorado’s I-25 corridor and eastern plains, including Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Sub-freezing temps as low as 13°F late Friday night into Saturday may damage crops, vegetation, and outdoor plumbing—prepare now...

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1240 PM MDT Wed Apr 15 2026

Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County-Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Feet-Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet-Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- Crowley County-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County-Eastern Las Animas County-Western Kiowa County-Eastern Kiowa County-Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County-Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County- Including Pueblo, Las Animas, Lamar, Ordway, Black Forest, Olney Springs, Eads, Penrose, Walsenburg, Kim, Canon City, Springfield, La Junta, Rocky Ford, Sheridan Lake, Branson, Colorado Springs, Peterson Space Force Base, Walsh, and Trinidad

1240 PM MDT Wed Apr 15 2026

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 13 possible.

* WHERE...All lower elevation plains locations to include the I-25 corridor and Colorado eastern plains.

* WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

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