If you're moving to Colorado and hoping those snow-capped peaks mean it's white here all winter, you might be a little disappointed. I don't know what the stats are, but it seems we're more likely to have snow on Halloween than on Christmas... strange but true. It's looking like 2011 might be the exception. Although we're not expecting snow ON Christmas day, we had a storm yesterday and one heading into the area now with the Pike's Peak Region expecting anywhere from 4-15 inches (this includes Woodland Park/Teller County, so don't be frightnened).

As of right now, the big, beautiful individual flakes seem to be floating gently to the ground. So for those of us who live at higher elevations and in treed areas, we're likely to at least still have snow on the ground. Maybe the hopes of sledding on Christmas weekend will be realized this year!

Hope this guy finds his way to the north pole in the next 3 days!!

Many people ask what our weather patterns are like... how hot it gets here, how cold, and how much snow?!?! Well for starters Colorado Springs normally only reaches the mid-90s, limiting the necessity for air conditioning. Plus dry air is never as extreme as air temps with humidity included. In the winter November and December are cold with limited snow, some weeks we only reach freezing as a high temperature but other weeks we get into the 50s. And with our beautiful sunshine, 50 feels amazing! It often snows at least once by the end of October, but not a heavy snow. The larger amounts of snow fall in March and April (and sometimes May). The nice thing about a Spring snow is it could snow a foot one day and be in the 60s the next, melting that snow off. Spring skiing is the best!!