Tag: fire danger
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Fourth of July fireworks displays canceled due to high fire danger, Colorado Springs officials say
The Independence Day fireworks displays scheduled for July 4 have been canceled, according to a news release from the Colorado Springs Fire Department. The announcement follows similar cancellations in Woodland Park and Cripple Creek. City officials, including Mayor Yemi Mobolade and leadership from the city’s fire and police departments, made the call Wednesday after considering…
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Burn ban put in place for Colorado Springs, El Paso County
Both Colorado Springs and El Paso County enacted fire restrictions Monday due to the high risk of fires across the state. Colorado Springs Fire Marshal Kris Cooper instituted a burn ban for the city at noon, while El Paso County Sheriff Joe Roybal announced that Stage 2 fire restrictions would take effect at 1 p.m.…
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GUEST COLUMN: Colorado Springs must be ‘Ready, Set, Go’
Colorado Springs is one of the most beautiful and desirable places in America to live. Our mountains, forests, and open spaces define who we are. But the very landscape that draws us here also carries a reality we must confront together: wildfire risk. And right now, that risk is rising. This winter was unusually dry, with temperatures…
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Colorado Springs weather: Mostly cloudy, followed by more record-breaking heat
Following a brief cooldown in Colorado Springs, more temperature records are likely to fall in the coming days, according to Gazette news partner KOAA. Monday is expected to be mostly cloudy, with 5-10 mph winds and a high near 68 degrees, but unseasonably warm conditions are set to return on Tuesday, with a 14-year-old temperature…
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Colorado Springs weather: Warm and sunny Monday, with red flag fire danger
Colorado Springs will kick off the week with springlike temperatures, low humidity and red flag fire danger, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. Monday is expected to be sunny, with a high near 71 degrees, the weather agency predicts. The high temperature is nearly 20 degrees warmer than the average for this time…
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Colorado Springs sees hottest February ever: National Weather Service
Colorado Springs residents had little use for snow shovels, thermal clothing or even winter coats during the city’s warmest February on record, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. The average high in February was 41.8 degrees Fahrenheit, the weather agency said. “That might not sound impressive at a glance, but the last year…
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Fire near Limon forced evacuations, but under control
A vegetation fire just southwest of Limon broke out Tuesday afternoon, reaching several miles in length and jumping Highway 181, according to fire tracking site WatchDuty. An evacuation order was issued for the area from County Road 2T to County Road 22 and north to County Road 2W Tuesday afternoon as the fire moved toward…
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Colorado snowpack falls to record low with slim chance of recovery
Since the snowpack in Colorado has fallen to the lowest level in modern record-keeping, the chances of catching back up are slim. Across the state, snowpack, a measure of the water in the snow, is 55% of average, the lowest going back to the 1980s, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service. At this point,…
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Colorado Springs weather: Possible record temperatures, fire danger as La Niña event continues
By O’Dell Isaac Dreams of a white Christmas are giving way to a La Niña reality as an unseasonably warm December continues, with temperatures threatening to eclipse a 70-year-old record in Colorado Springs on Monday. According to the National Weather Service, the warmest Dec. 22 was in 1955, when Colorado Springs saw a high of…
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Meeker self-evacuates as Elk and Lee fires grow to 75,000 combined acres
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The town of Meeker has been self-evacuated as the nearby Elk and Lee fires surpassed 75,000 combined acres Thursday. Both started by lightning earlier this week, the twin fires have drastically grown in size over the past several days. On Tuesday, the Lee Fire was…