Understanding and Predicting Our Precious Western Colorado Water Supply
Peter Goble The Colorado River is the lifeblood of the desert southwestern United States. Its water is used by a population of over 40 million people, is an important source of hydropower,…
The mid-January 2024 cold blast in context
Russ Schumacher In mid-January 2024, it got brutally cold across Colorado. The lowest temperatures were on the morning of January 16th, and the map of low temperatures from CoAgMET shows a lot…
Does 80% of Colorado’s precipitation really fall west of the Continental Divide?
For our inaugural post, we’ll take a deep dive into a question that we get asked pretty regularly, and that can cause a fair bit of confusion. (These are the…
How strong was the January 2024 cold front?
We are still testing some things out in the setup of the blog, so we’ll consider this post a “soft launch” that can help with working out bugs as well.…
Welcome!
Welcome to the Colorado Climate Center’s blog! We are always monitoring Colorado’s weather and climate, and sometimes social media, webinars, and other venues aren’t quite the right place to share…