A study published by Colorado State University’s Colorado Climate Center found that central Colorado’s snowpack is diminishing by an average of .49 inches per decade (Aspen Public Radio).
Colorado's state climatologist, Russ Schumacher, convened the State Climate Extremes Committee and had a teleconference to discuss the new possible record (9News).
Climatologists have just certified the largest hailstone, highest temperature, and lowest atmospheric pressure ever recorded in the state's record-keeping history.
In the last six months, new all-time records for Colorado of hot temperature, largest hailstone, and the lowest atmospheric pressure have been recorded (Colorado Public Radio).
The Colorado Climate Center at CSU recommended expanding the U.S. Drought Monitor drought designation to include generally all of the southern half of western Colorado (Daily Sentinel).
One of the factors that influence our winter weather suggests we could have slightly below-normal snow in the mountains this year, said Colorado State Climatologist Russ Schumacher (Denver Post).
Officials with the National Weather Service and the Colorado State University Climate Center measured a hail stone that was about the size of a softball (US News and World Report).
Graduate student Sam Childs is seeing more hailstorms with bigger hailstones in Colorado's future. Childs studies the changing human risk from tornadoes and hail storms across Colorado.
A very persistent weather pattern lingered over parts of the U.S. during the past month, says Russ Schumacher, a Colorado State University climatologist and director of the Colorado Climate Center.
CSU atmospheric science students helped illustrate science, engineering and math for about 12,000 students from schools from across Colorado and Wyoming at Coors Field April 24.