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We publish a monthly "state of the climate" summary for Colorado. This summary report includes updates on how the most recent month's temperature and precipitation compare to average, highlights some extremes and notable events, and shares headlines and other newsworthy items.

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Check out our interactive temperature graphs for stations around the state. Compare current temperatures to the normal, record highs, and record lows. Learn about the daily temperature range at a location for the entire year.

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Our state is no stranger to extremes! Did you know you could check a station's monthly extremes on our website? Scroll to the bottom of our Climate Extremes Page to see a list of our long-term stations. From there, you can select a month and see the hottest, coldest, and wettest extremes recorded at that station.
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Colorado's snowpack remains well below normal, is climate change behind it?

December 29, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher in CPR News.

Colorado cities set Christmas Day records, but snow is coming

December 26, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Coloradoan.

A not-so-white Christmas: Colorado mountain towns saw rain, record-high temperatures and record-low snowpack

December 26, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Aspen Times.

Fort Collins to flirt with record-high temperature on Christmas Day

December 22, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Coloradoan.

2025 was one of the warmest years on record for Colorado

December 21, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher in CPR News.

When will Xcel power come back? It could be days for some

December 17, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Coloradoan - live blog - on the historical difference between wind in December and January.

Colorado Crossroads: Building Resilience from the Ground Up

December 12, 2026

Featuring Russ Schumacher, Peter Goble and Allie Mazurek in the National Academies - Science, Engineering, Medicine.

Colorado's 2025 "Water Year" was abnormally hot and dry

December 1, 2026

Featuring Allie Mazurek in CPR News.

Coloradans could see snow this holiday weekend after a slow start to the winter snowpack

November 27, 2025

Featuring Peter Goble in the Colorado Sun.

Chance of winter weather could end a dry spell for the Front Range and add to the state's snowpack

November 20, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in KUNC News.

A storm headed for Colorado's Front Range could help cut the risk of the next Marshall Fire

November 20, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in CPR News.

A look into Colorado's Water Year in Review for 2025

November 19, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in Denver 7 - CBS News.

Colorado water year 2025 summary - excerpts

November 13, 2025

Featuring the Colorado Climate Center in the Gunnison Times.

Rainfall brings Colorado River drought relief, but concerns for next year's water supply remain

November 11, 2025

Featuring Peter Goble in KUNC News.

Colorado ski resorts open amid one of the driest starts in years

November 11, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in CPR News.

Here's the winter weather forecast for Colorado and how a La Niña pattern impacts snowfall

October 28, 2025

Featuring Peter Goble in the Coloradoan.

Could the Western Slope see more weather impacts this winter season?

October 20, 2025

Featuring Peter Goble in the Western Slope Now.

Northern Colorado may benefit from La Nina, New Mexico gets some drought relief

October 17, 2025

Featuring Peter Goble in the Coloradoan.

It's been over 100 years since a storm brought this much moisture to Colorado

October 16, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in CBS News.

Drought conditions improve across Colorado after record rainfall

October 16, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in CBS News.

Hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean caused floods in southwestern Colorado. Is Climate Change behind it?

October 16, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in Aspen Public Radio

"The water's eating the land": Flood evacuees prepare to reenter neighborhoods in southwestern Colorado

October 16, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Colorado Sun.

Rare rain quantities keep rising

October 15, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.

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