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Western Colorado sees relief after record-breaking summer drought

September 24, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in KSJD.

Persistent rain washes away the most extreme drought on Colorado's Western Slope, but concerns remain

September 23, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Summit Daily.

131 years of data show historic dry spell in western Colorado

September 12, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in the Fence Post.

Widespread drought grips western Colorado

September 11, 2025

Featuring Peter Goble in CBS News.

Will recent rainfall help reverse western Colorado's extreme drought conditions?

September 2, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in the Post Independent.

Winter preview for Western Colorado

September 2, 2025

Featuring Peter Goble on KJCT News.

Exceptional drought and a ring of fire for northwest Colorado

August 31, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in Aspen Journalism.

Town of Telluride implements outdoor watering restrictions

August 30, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in the Telluride Daily Planet.

Fires are getting bigger and burning faster in Colorado

August 29, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in CPR News.

Colorado's water year has been well below normal. Now a dry fall and winter are forecast

August 28, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in Water Education Colorado.

Monsoonal rains are dousing western Colorado wildfires. They also come with serious flood concerns

August 27, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in the Colorado Sun.

Low river flows trigger calls, closures, stressed fish

August 27, 2025

Featuring Peter Goble in Aspen Journalism.

Western Slope braces for exceptional drought

August 25, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in Western Slope Now.

Will recent rainfall help reverse Western Colorado's extreme drought conditions?

August 23, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in the Summit Daily.

Incoming weather to reduce wildfire risk

August 22, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in KKCO 11 News - Grand Junction.

Welcome moisture returns, but perhaps not for long

August 21, 2025

Featuring Peter Goble in the Telluride Daily Planet.

Drought hits 'exceptional' levels on Western Slope near wildfires as forecasters remain 'optimistic' about long-term outlook in Colorado

August 16, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in the Summit Daily.

Dry weather conditions impact the Western Slope

August 15, 2025

Featuring Peter Goble on KKCO 11 News - Grand Junction.

Western Colorado is at the 'epicenter of drought' as a hot, dry summer saps water supplies - and fuels wildfires

August 15, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in The Denver Post.

Lee Fire grows to fifth-largest in state history

August 15, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher on 9News.

Drought worsens in Colorado as hot, dry, windy weather fuels wildfire behavior - and risk - on Western Slope

August 9, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in Summit Daily.

Drought worsens in Intermountain West

August 9, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Fence Post.

Drought blankets most of Intermountain West, including Colorado - and will likely get worse

August 6, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in CPR News.

Are 1 in 1,000-year floods getting more common?

July 28, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in Fast Company.

What Is a Derecho, and How to Stay Safe

July 28, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in Time Magazine.

Colorado's monsoon season is gearing up. Will it be enough to beat drought on the Western Slope?

July 24, 2025

Featuring Peter Goble in the Colorado Sun.

U.S. rocked by four 1-in-1,000-year storms in less than a week

July 10, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher on NBC News.

July climate outlooks have Colorado bracing for more hot, dry days ahead

July 8, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Post Independent.

CSU Climatologist Dr Allie Mazurek on conditions that led to Texas flooding

July 8, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek on KOA Public Radio.

Floods like the one in Texas can and have happened here in Colorado

July 7, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in CPR News.

Once-in-1,000-years flood, even for 'flash flood alley'

July 7, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in CBC Lite - Radio Canada.

Here's Why the Deadly Storm Quickly Intensified in Texas

July 5, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in he New York Times.

Seasonal drought outlook: A look at what's ahead in Southern Colorado

June 23, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher on MSN and KXRM Colorado Springs.

Weather Around The USA, June 17, 2025, And A Mexico Hurricane Threat

June 17, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in The Weather Channel.

Western Slope communities consider water limits as drought deepens in west

June 17, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in CPR News.

First week of June brings twice as much rain as the area normally sees all month

June 8, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in the Grand Junction Sentinel.

Wildfire risk remains potent on Colorado's Western Slope as summer heats up

June 5, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Summit Daily.

Above-average rainfall leaves Colorado's Front Range drought-free

June 4, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in Kiowa County Press.

Drought conditions likely to get worse in Colorado as Western water supplies shrink

May 27, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in CPR News.

What Western Colorado's early snowmelt and worsening drought could mean for streamflows this summer

May 22, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in Sky-Hi News.

Expect a warmer, drier summer in Colorado, water experts say

May 20, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in Colorado Politics.

May showers bring hope for water supply and drought conditions for the Pikes Peak region

May 6, 2025

Featuring Peter Goble with KKTV Colorado Springs.

'You give them power': Students embark on a climate action how-to at inaugural Colorado Youth Climate Summit

May 3, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Post Independent.

Some of Colorado's mountains have no snowpack left after below-average winter

April 29, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher with KDVR Denver.

North/south split for Western Slope snowpack and streamflow forecasts

April 14, 2025

Featuring Peter Goble in the Post Independent.

Why this March has been among windiest and driest on record in Fort Collins

March 27, 2025

Featuring Allie Mazurek in The Coloradoan.

Will Colorado see drought conditions start to develop this spring?

March 16, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in Sky-Hi News.

Colorado is split into snowpack haves and have-nots, drought report shows.

March 14, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Colorado Sun.

March megastorm may bring blizzards, tornadoes, flooding and even fires across much of US.

March 13, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in Pyys.org.

Latest storm cycle brings snowpack above normal in the northern mountains, with Winter Park tallying the 3rd-deepest snow total

February 23, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in Sky-Hi News.

Bone Dry: Farming in Colorado's extreme drought

February 21, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in Rocky Mountain PBS.

What's the Outlook for Corn Belt Weather as February Comes to an End?

February 20, 2025

Featuring Peter Goble in Successful Farming.

Water crisis in West still looms as Lakes Mead and Powell only 35% full

February 20, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in USA Today.

With snow up to 50 inches in areas, Colorado's latest storm cycle brought snowpack above normal in the northern mountains

February 19, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the the Aspen Times.

Latest storm cycle brings snowpack above normal in the northern mountains

February 19, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the the Summit Daily.

A change in the weather: La Nina is departing

February 18, 2025

Featuring Peter Goble in the Telluride Daily Planet.

Storm good news for snowpack, but several more like it are needed

February 14, 2025

Featuring Peter Goble in the Durango Herald.

A warming valley

January 24, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Alamosa Citizen.

How much snow did Florida get this week? Mor than Anchorage or New York City

January 24, 2025

Featuring CoCoRaHS in the Florida Herald-Tribune.

Arctic air to bring freezing, below-zero temperatures to Fort Collins this weekend

January 15, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher in the Coloradoan.

Northern Colorado cleans up first snowstorm of the season

January 7, 2025

Featuring Russ Schumacher on 9News.

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August 14, 2025

Colorado's peak flash flood season

July 27, 2025

Heat and Humidity

July 15, 2025

The changing drought landscape after a big storm and May heat

May 15, 2025

No good news in the snowpack and water supply numbers

April 14, 2025

What Season is it Anyway?

March 14, 2025

End-of-February snowpack check-in: ok in the north, bleak in the south (plus, a message about our federal government partners)

February 28, 2025

A heatwave in winter? Early February featured record-breaking warmth

February 18, 2025

Light and Heat: A Love Story

February 14, 2025