Firefighters warn of wildfires through October in statewide drought
“If this is our only year of drought, we will be OK. We will recover but we do need some precipitation,” said Colorado State University Climatologist Becky Bolinger (9News).
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Colorado is in the midst of a widespread drought
Every part of the Centennial State is presently under drought or abnormally dry conditions for the first time in nearly a decade (NBC News).
In Parched Southwest, Warm Spring Renews Threat of ‘Megadrought’
Becky Bolinger, a drought specialist at Colorado State University and the assistant state climatologist, said the lack of new snow in late spring affected the rate of melting (New York Times).
Was Saturday's wind storm Colorado's first-ever derecho?
What appeared to be a fairly typical Colorado afternoon of wind-producing storms Saturday morphed into possibly the most widespread wind-specific thunderstorm event in the state's recorded history (Denver Post).
Dry April dents snowpack, heightens drought
Mineral County in southwest Colorado was among places having record-low precipitation in April, according to Becky Bolinger, assistant state climatologist at the Colorado Climate Center.
From Research In Hyperspeed To Canceled Expeditions, Academic Scientists Adjust To A New Pace Under Coronavirus
Researchers at the Colorado Climate Center at CSU are still hard at work maintaining a 130-year weather record in Fort Collins (Colorado Public Radio).
Degrees of warming: Rising temperatures, shorter winters and declining snowpack are impacting Aspen
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 officially sets hottest temperature of all time
Colorado's state climatologist, Russ Schumacher, convened the State Climate Extremes Committee and had a teleconference to discuss the new possible record (9News).
Colorado Climate Center makes state weather records official, including largest hailstone
Climatologists have just certified the largest hailstone, highest temperature, and lowest atmospheric pressure ever recorded in the state's record-keeping history.
It’s official, Colorado’s ‘wild weather year’ sets new high temp and hailstone records
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).