What Season is it Anyway?
Peter Goble Thursday, March 20th marks the spring equinox – the first day of spring according to most calendars. But does spring really start on March 20th? I would argue the answer…
End-of-February snowpack check-in: ok in the north, bleak in the south (plus, a message about our federal government partners)
Russ Schumacher By the time March rolls around, we have a lot of information about how the snowpack accumulation in Colorado’s mountains is going to turn out. For those familiar with statistics,…
A heatwave in winter? Early February featured record-breaking warmth
Allie Mazurek While the last few days have been cold and snowy (with more on the way!), early February brought widespread heat across the state, including the Front Range, West Slope, and…
Light and Heat: A Love Story
Happy Valentine’s Day! Every mid-February we take a day to let our romantic partners know how much they mean to us, or perhaps more cynically, to give money to Hallmark.…
The curious case of the cold in Gunnison
Across Colorado, this December has been much warmer than average, a bookend to what will end up as one of the warmest years on record statewide. Except there’s one spot…
A whopper of a snowstorm
The six months from May through October were the warmest on record across Colorado, and parts of the state had been quite dry over that time period; you can read…
The Colorado killer tornadoes of November 4, 1922
A couple years ago, before we had a blog, I put together an analysis of a truly remarkable severe weather event from Colorado history on its 100th anniversary: the killer…
First snows in Colorado
Our last blog post took a look at the timing of first freezes in Colorado. October has been extremely warm thus far, and many parts of the state are still…
North Carolina
This short post isn’t about Colorado climate, but by now you’ve surely seen the devastation in western North Carolina and surrounding areas, resulting from incredible rainfall associated with Hurricane Helene.…
First fall freezes
Climatological fall has arrived, and although September thus far has been much warmer than normal across most of Colorado, it’s still time to be thinking about when the first freeze…