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…
The curious case of the cold in Gunnison
Russ Schumacher 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…
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…
Colorado’s mid-July heat wave: where did it rank?
Leading up to the weekend of July 12-14, weather forecasts were indicating the potential for extreme heat in parts of Colorado. I was getting messages from people saying that their…
The mid-January 2024 cold blast in context
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…