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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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July 2024 Summary

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Check out our state mesonet station pages! Each station page includes photos, metadata, current observations and forecasts, interactive wind roses and growing degree day graphs, and more.
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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Record-setting November snowstorm brings some drought relief to Colorado

November 29, 2024

Featuring Russ Schumacher in The Denver Gazette.

The first winter storm of the season brings drought relief to southeast Colorado

November 8, 2024

Featuring Russ Schumacher in The Colorado Sun.

Fort Collins to break latest fall frost record as warm, dry weather continues

October 23, 2024

Featuring Russ Schumacher in The Coloradoan.

What will La Nina mean for ski conditions this winter? Colorado predictions

October 10, 2024

Featuring Peter Goble in The Coloradoan.

Why are so many historically rare storms hitting the Carolinas?

October 2, 2024

Featuring Russ Schumacher in The Conversation.

Is Boulder the best place to weather climate change? No, but it's not the worst.

September 26, 2024

Featuring Peter Goble in the Boulder Reporting Lab.

Colorado had a shockingly normal year of precipitation - but drought is creeping back on the Front Range

September 26, 2024

Featuring Peter Goble in the Colorado Sun.

The Farmers' Almanac winter weather prediction for Colorado

September 22, 2024

Featuring Peter Goble in the Coloradoan.

Climatologist: Warming of state almost certain to continue

September 21, 2024

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Grand Junction Sentinel.

Up to the stratosphere: Weather balloon launched at CSU demonstration

September 5, 2024

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Coloradoan.

The monsoon persists - but the long term pattern is warm and dry

August 25, 2024

Featuring Peter Goble in the Telluride Daily Planet.

Large number of customers starting lawn-watering cycles on Mondays is stressing Denver Water's system

August 19, 2024

Featuring Peter Goble in the Colorado Sun.

Here's a way-too-early forecast for Colorado's 2024-25 winter season

August 18, 2024

Featuring Peter Goble in the Aspen Times.

"Flash drought" in northern Colorado laid foundation for recent Front Range wildfires

August 8, 2024

Featuring Peter Goble in the Colorado Sun.

Fort Collins to set heat record before rapid, drastic weather change this week

August 5, 2024

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Coloradoan.

Next Conversation: State Climatologist Russ Schumacher on Colorado's wildfire year

August 5, 2024

Featuring Russ Schumacher on 9News Next with Kyle Clark.

Four wildfires in three days along Colorado's Front Range span more than 9,500 acres, force thousands to evacuate

July 31, 2024

Featuring Peter Goble in the Denver Post.

How hot was it in Fort Collins? City touches record and could break some this weekend

July 13, 2024

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Coloradoan.

Climate change is making Colorado heat waves more likely - and more likely to be extreme

July 11, 2024

Featuring Russ Schumacher on Colorado Public Radio.

As climate-driven threat increases, Xcel Energy looks to go high tech with its Wildfire Mitigation Plan

June 29, 2024

Featuring Colorado Climate Center in The Alamosa Citizen.

Senate Agriculture Subcommittee Field Hearing on Impact of Drought on Agriculture

June 26, 2024

Featuring Peter Goble on C-SPAN.

The monsoon arrives

June 25, 2024

Featuring Peter Goble in The Telluride Daily Planet.

The race to get ahead of the next tornado

June 21, 2024

Featuring Russ Schumacher in Vox.

Colorado's 20 largest wildfires happened this century. Here's how things are changing.

June 3, 2024

Featuring Becky Bolinger in The Coloradoan.

Snowpack is melting faster than expected in southern Colorado, slower in northern Colorado

May 23, 2024

Featuring Russ Schumacher in Colorado Politics.

There may be a wetter future ahead for the Colorado River, new CU Boulder research says

May 10, 2024

Featuring Peter Goble in The Colorado Sun.

Climate change's impact on water supply topic of talk at civic center

April 4, 2024

Featuring Russ Schumacher in The Longmont Leader.

It's an average winter - snowpack right at average

March 8, 2024

Featuring Russ Schumacher in The Daily Sentinel - Grand Junction.

Lake Mead levels continue recovery due to conservation, professor says

February 20, 2024

Featuring Becky Bolinger in Fox 5 Las Vegas.

How California's Atmospheric Rivers Will Change the Colorado River

February 7, 2024

Featuring Becky Bolinger in Newsweek.

State climatologist: 'Warming is going to have impacts on our snow in the winter and our water supply in the summer'

February 7, 2024

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Alamosa Citizen.

Colorado's snowpack gets boost from January snowstorms, but some regions remain in severe drought

January 22, 2024

Featuring Russ Schumacher in The Denver Post.

Why Colorado should expect a drier future with more wildfires and air pollution

January 9, 2024

Featuring Becky Bolinger in CPR News.

Colorado rivers may shrink by 30% as climate change continues, report says

January 8, 2024 (updated January 30, 2024)

Featuring Becky Bolinger in The Colorado Sun.

Climate change could slash Colorado stream flows, with effects across the US West: report

January 8, 2024

Featuring Becky Bolinger in The Hill.

CSU climate report warns of more drought and wildfires

January 8, 2024

Featuring Becky Bolinger on 9News.

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