Bundle up, Colorado! The first freeze of the season hit parts of the state, including Denver, overnight Saturday into Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.

Denver temperatures hit freezing just before 11 p.m. Saturday, according to hourly temperature logs from the weather service. By midnight, temperatures had dropped to 30.9 degrees, where they stayed until about 3 a.m., the logs show.

This year’s first freeze arrived nearly two weeks later than the average of Oct. 7, according to weather service records .

Eight of Denver’s first freezes in the last 10 years happened after Oct. 7, the records show. In 2020, Denver saw its first freeze on Sept. 8 — the earliest it’s been documented in the city.

Temperatures on the Eastern Plains dropped far below freezing overnight Sat

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