Is it April or January? Snow impacts southern Colorado

With May just hours away, a mixture of fog, rain, and snow Tuesday morning made it seem like it was still the middle of January.

As big flakes fell from the sky, slide-offs and slow traffic became a huge factor in the morning commute. Along with those big flakes, a thick fog significantly limited visibility.

“It started raining out of nowhere and then I think over there the clouds are starting to break and the sun is coming out, and ‘I’m like this is ridiculous,'” said Alax Jones. He said he was not expecting this when he got up in the morning.

“I just felt oh man, I’m going to be so late to work. I actually had to turn around and go get my SUV, I was in my sedan and I got about halfway up the road and nope. [I had to] turn around and go get the four-wheel,” Jones said.

But living in Colorado, people say this is something you should come to expect.

“I’ve lived here since I was four and I’m going be 32 this year, so yeah, it’s not a surprise to me at all,” Ashley Moan said.

Gregory Sanchez agreed, saying, “I grew up here so I’m used to this.”

Curt Price, a native of Texas, says he’s lived here about a year, and snow in April is something they are still getting used to.

“We’ve been here right at a year and last year on May 1 we have had snowfall,” said Price. “We live right behind the Air Force Academy so we had it really heavy and falling slowly, which is pretty but surprising in May.”

While the roads weren’t super icy, drivers said the fog, slush, splashback, and standing water played major factors in Tuesday’s morning commute.