A whopper of a snowstorm
Russ Schumacher 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…
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.…
A warm June, and rainy in the southwest
Apologies that the blog has been quiet for a while. We’ve had a lot going on, including hosting the American Association of State Climatologists annual meeting in Fort Collins in…
How has Front Range snowstorm forecasting advanced since March 2003?
For those who were on Colorado’s Front Range in 2003, the epic snowstorm in mid-March likely still holds a place in your memory. This was the biggest snowstorm on record…
Colorado mountain snowpack in 2024 so far: decent, fine, ok
We spend a lot of time thinking about snow in our mountains, because Colorado is a headwaters state, and the water stored in that snowpack ends up serving ecosystems, farms,…
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…