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Rainfall totals Colorado Springs, CO

Through Oct 7, 2026, Colorado Springs has received 8.27 inches of rain for the year, according to the official daily climate report. The normal year-to-date total is 14.73 inches. The normal figure is what the city would typically have seen by this point in the calendar. This reading comes from the station gauge at COLORADO SPRINGS in the National Weather Service's daily climate report.

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Data from Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, with records back to 1948. Across the record from 1948, 100 percent of days have a reading, with 100 percent in 2025.

Most recent rainfall

0.48 inches of rain fell on Sep 30, 2026, the latest measurable rainfall this year.

COLORADO SPRINGS saw no measurable rain on Oct 7, 2026, according to the National Weather Service daily climate report.

Official rainfall report for Oct 7, 2026

National Weather Service daily climate report for Colorado Springs, Oct 7, 2026
MeasuredNormalvs normal
Rain on Oct 7, 20260.00 inches0.02 inches-0.02 inches
Last 48 hours0.00 inches
Last 72 hours0.00 inches
Last 7 days0.00 inches
Month to date0.00 inches0.19 inches-0.19 inches
Year to date8.27 inches14.73 inches-6.46 inches (-44%)
Record for Oct 71.15 inches1946

Source: National Weather Service daily climate report for COLORADO SPRINGS, issued the morning after Oct 7, 2026. The local National Weather Service office issues the daily climate report for the airport station the next morning, and that report is the official figure.

How much rain did Colorado Springs get?

Days with measurable rain, 2026

Days with measurable rain in Colorado Springs during 2026, newest first
DateRainfall
Sep 30, 20260.48 inches
Sep 29, 20260.01 inches
Sep 28, 20260.04 inches
Sep 25, 20260.03 inches
Sep 24, 20260.03 inches
Sep 23, 20260.08 inches
Sep 22, 20260.04 inches
Sep 19, 20260.07 inches
Sep 18, 20260.17 inches
Sep 16, 20260.08 inches
Sep 8, 20260.01 inches
Sep 1, 20260.01 inches
Aug 30, 20260.04 inches
Aug 25, 20260.02 inches
Aug 24, 20260.04 inches
Aug 23, 20260.02 inches
Aug 22, 20260.47 inches
Aug 20, 20260.05 inches
Aug 19, 20260.05 inches
Aug 16, 20260.11 inches
Aug 15, 20260.07 inches
Aug 13, 20260.20 inches
Aug 12, 20260.02 inches
Jul 29, 20260.09 inches
Jul 28, 20260.09 inches
Jul 27, 20260.13 inches
Jul 24, 20260.80 inches
Jul 22, 20260.18 inches
Jul 10, 20260.01 inches
Jul 9, 20260.13 inches

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With 0.80 inches on Jul 24, 2026, this is the 272nd wettest of the 6,964 measurable rain days in the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport record, which begins in 1948.

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Running rain total for 2026, January to December. Dark line is measured, light line is the 1991-2020 normal, violet dot marks the latest day.

Through Oct 3, 2026, the GHCN-Daily station record shows 8.27 inches of measurable rain so far this year, falling over a 65-day span. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

Colorado Springs rainfall by month, 2026

Monthly rainfall totals for Colorado Springs in 2026, compared with 1991-2020 normals.
MonthRainfallNormalvs normal
January1.02 inches0.29 inches+0.73 inches
February0.05 inches0.32 inches-0.27 inches
March1.03 inches0.79 inches+0.24 inches (+30%)
April0.93 inches1.45 inches-0.52 inches (-36%)
May0.95 inches1.99 inches-1.04 inches (-52%)
June0.69 inches2.27 inches-1.58 inches (-70%)
July1.46 inches3.12 inches-1.66 inches (-53%)
August1.09 inches2.96 inches-1.87 inches (-63%)
September1.05 inches1.35 inches-0.30 inches (-22%)
October0.00 inches0.77 inches

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Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2026. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

October is still in progress; figures run through Oct 3, 2026. Averages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.

Rainfall days at each threshold in Colorado Springs

Rainfall days at each threshold in Colorado Springs
Year0.5+ in.1+ in.2+ in.3+ in.
20257200
20248400
202312622
20227300
20218000
20203000
20192100
20188300
201712400
20167100
Average7.72.30.40.1

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A day counts when its rainfall total meets or passes the column amount, from Colorado Springs Municipal Airport records in GHCN-Daily. Every complete year starting with 1948 counts toward the average, 77 years in total.

Past rainfall years in Colorado Springs

All-time rainfall records

All-time rainfall records for Colorado Springs since 1948
Wettest day4.50 inchesSep 14, 2011
Wettest year27.58 inches1999
Driest year7.85 inches2002
Average year15.89 inches77 complete years on record
Rain days a year89average, 0.01 inch or more
Record begins194828,659 daily readings

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Monthly rainfall normals

Average monthly rainfall for Colorado Springs, 1991 to 2020
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Inches0.290.320.791.451.992.273.122.961.350.770.370.2315.91

Averages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.

The daily climate report is issued by the local National Weather Service forecast office and delivered to this page by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet of Iowa State University. Under 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright attaches to the government-produced figures on this page, including reports, alerts, station observations, and normals, which were created by the National Weather Service and other NOAA offices. The notice that 17 U.S.C. 403 requires appears in this sentence. It does not imply endorsement by or affiliation with those agencies. See: Data sources and attribution.

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