100 years ago in Colorado, 6 were killed by rare November tornadoes
Details of the rare November tornadoes have been resurfaced by a Colorado's State Climatologist, CSU Atmospheric Science Professor Russ Schumacher. (9News Denver)
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Video and recollections of the 1997 flood
Former Colorado State Climatologist Nolan Doesken offered some further personal recollections of the 1997 flood
Spring Creek Flood 25 years ago led to a national precipitation network, infrastructure upgrades
CSU atmospheric scientists and civil engineers had a unique role in helping Fort Collins move forward after the Spring Creek Flood, which happened 25 years ago this week.
Colorado monsoon season: Burn scars from previous fires present flood concerns in late July
"All of these things can come together and mean that you get a lot of precipitation in a very short period of time," said Becky Bolinger, assistant state climatologist at CSU's Colorado Climate Center. (CBS Denver)
Q&A: Colorado State climatologist on record heat, wildfire outlook and climate change
Colorado State Climatologist Russ Schumacher discusses record heat, climate change and what early forecasts might tell us about Colorado's wildfire season.
Texas could have foreseen 2021 cold-wave disaster, new study concludes
The catastrophic cold blast that enveloped Texas and neighboring states in February 2021 was unprecedented in its sheer longevity in some spots, a new study confirms. (Texas Climate News)
Snowpack bottoms out in Southwest Colorado
“What we needed was a big year, another 2019 with lots and lots of snow that staved off the drought impacts for a while, but that’s not what we got this winter." (Durango Herald)
'It’s essentially 365 days a year': The effect of year-round wildfires in Colorado
"This is something that we’re going to have to continue to be aware of, be prepared for," Schumacher said. "You don’t have to live in the timber up in Summit County to have bad things happen." (Denver Channel 7)
Volunteers fill in gaps in state’s rainfall data
Melissa Griffin is the South Carolina state coordinator for a program designed to track weather variability, known to its members at CoCoRaHS. “It’s one of the most comprehensive citizen-science initiatives we’ve got in the U.S.” (Coastal Observer)
The ‘whys’ beyond the ‘what’ of the severe western U.S. drought
A new video featuring CSU atmospheric scientists opens the window on understanding the worst drought in 12 centuries, a ‘megadrought’ with no end in sight. (Yale Climate Connections)