Tag: snowpack
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August brought near-record heat and drought conditions to Colorado Springs
Despite occasional showers and thunderstorms over the past two weeks, Colorado Springs had one of the hottest and driest summer months in recent memory, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. The average temperature for the month was 73.8 degrees – nearly four degrees warmer than normal – making it the fourth-warmest August since…
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Record-breaking El Niño could bring wet winter to parts of Colorado, push global temps higher
Colorado ski resorts’ high base elevations could improve snowpack compared to other Western states Something hot is brewing in the eastern Pacific Ocean. As ocean temperatures across the globe reached new highs in July, an El Niño event forming along the equator in the eastern Pacific is beginning to ring alarm bells in the scientific…
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Record-breaking El Niño could bring wet winter to parts of Colorado, push global temps higher
Colorado ski resorts’ high base elevations could improve snowpack compared to other Western states Something hot is brewing in the eastern Pacific Ocean. As ocean temperatures across the globe reached new highs in July, an El Niño event forming along the equator in the eastern Pacific is beginning to ring alarm bells in the scientific…
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Record-breaking El Niño could bring wet winter to parts of Colorado, push global temps higher
Colorado ski resorts’ high base elevations could improve snowpack compared to other Western states Something hot is brewing in the eastern Pacific Ocean. As ocean temperatures across the globe reached new highs in July, an El Niño event forming along the equator in the eastern Pacific is beginning to ring alarm bells in the scientific…
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Snowstorm offers little relief as Colorado snowpack ranks among worst on record
A late-season snowstorm may look like relief, but it can’t salvage a historically bad snowpack year. While it’s too early to measure Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s storm’s impact, water experts said a single snowstorm won’t reverse months of below-average snowpack. “This year is proving difficult to quantify,” Brad Udall, senior water and climate research scholar at…
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All of Colorado enters drought status for first time since 2021
For the first time since December 2021, all of Colorado is in a drought, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor published on Thursday. The Pikes Peak region was the only part of the state that was not in a drought until this week, when parts of El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo and Teller counties moved…
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Amid record low snowpack, Colorado cities impose restrictions, farmers brace for ‘disaster’
By Mary Shinn and Savannah Eller In the West, water is for fighting, but this year, for many, there might not be much to battle over. The critical snowpack that sustains cities, farmers and ranchers is the lowest in memory. Some areas in the high country were barren at the start of the month. Cities,…
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Colorado ski resorts announce early closures amid historic snowpack lows, high temperatures
Vail Resorts is the latest area to announce season closure Wednesday As Colorado’s historically low snowpack year comes to a close and spring conditions take over the mountains, the state’s major ski resorts are announcing closing dates — some of which are weeks before historic closing dates. Most of Colorado’s ski resorts did not get…
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Colorado’s ‘best beach’ may not appear this year because of low snowpack
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in Camping, colorado news, environment, Hiking, Lifestyle, News, Outdoors, Things to Do, travel, WeatherMedano Creek — a seasonal waterway that cuts directly next to Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes — may not have enough snow runoff to reach its usual location. Visitors to Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes National Park this spring and early summer may miss out on a surreal seasonal attraction. Due to a dry winter with below-average…
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Colorado Springs Utilities Board approves drought resolution as conditions worsen
The Colorado Springs Utilities Board unanimously approved a drought response resolution Wednesday that allows the city to make operational changes to shore up its water supply amid dry and warm conditions that are expected to continue. The resolution also allows Utilities to increase messaging to customers about how they can lower water consumption as the…