Snow Blankets Pikes Peak In Time For Labor Day Visitors

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DENVER (CBS4) - A wind-driven snow hit the top of Pikes Peak late Saturday night.

The National Weather Service in Pueblo tweeted a picture of the squall.

We'll, that didn't take long. It's September 1st and winter has returned to the summit of Pikes Peak. These images, captured around 11:15 pm, are courtesy of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway and the City of Colorado Springs. The temperature at the time of these images was 30°. #cowx pic.twitter.com/5m0JJHZe05
— NWS Pueblo (@NWSPueblo) September 2, 2018

Snow fell on Pikes Peak during the late night hours on Sept. 1 into the morning on Sept. 2, 2018. (credit: City of Colorado Springs)

Based on webcams it looks like perhaps up to an inch of wet snow accumulated.

(credit: City of Colorado Springs)

Late summer snow is quite common across the high elevations of Colorado.

More could fall this week as a cool and unsettled weather pattern remains in place.

SNOW SNOW .... SWEET SUMMER SNOW!!! This happened overnight on the top of Pikes Peak! It's THAT time of year!! #COwx #4wx pic.twitter.com/5qj8iRbn40
— Chris Spears (@ChrisCBS4) September 2, 2018

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