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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…