Colorado Freeze Watch | Effective 05/17/2026 10:53

Headline: 
Freeze Watch issued May 17 at 11:53AM MDT until May 19 at 8:00AM MDT by NWS Denver CO
Event: 
Freeze Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
May 17, 2026 - 10:53am
Expires: 
May 18, 2026 - 5:00am
Description: 
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...The I-25 Urban Corridor and all of the plains of northeast Colorado. * WHEN...From late Monday night through early Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation.
Instruction: 
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Area Description: 
Larimer County Below 6000 Feet/Northwest Weld County; Boulder And Jefferson Counties Below 6000 Feet/West Broomfield County; North Douglas County Below 6000 Feet/Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe Counties/East Broomfield County; Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet; Northeast Weld County; Central and South Weld County; Morgan County; Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties; North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County; Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County; Logan County; Washington County; Sedgwick County; Phillips County
Forcast Office: 
NWS Denver CO
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov