Colorado sets new hail record of at least 4.8 inches
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).
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Hail literally becoming bigger issue
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.
Here’s why May was filled with extreme weather, like tornadoes and flooding
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 meteorologists have a field day at Rockies Weather and Science event
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.
Atmospheric scientists to weather the stormiest place on Earth
A $30 million NSF-funded field campaign, launching Nov. 1, aims to discover why thunderstorms in a particular region of Argentina are among the most extreme in the world.
Get mad – about precipitation
Sign up to be a volunteer rain and snow spotter before March 31 to help your state win the CoCoRaHS cup.
VIDEO: Still time to make up snowpack deficit
Becky Bolinger, assistant state climatologist, shared an update on mountain snowpack conditions and what they portend for the rest of winter.
Becky Bolinger named Assistant State Climatologist
Bolinger has been a climatologist and drought specialist with the Colorado Climate Center since October 2016.
VIDEO: Warmest November on record, with more warmth to come
Hear from Colorado State Climatologist Russ Schumacher on the unusually warm winter conditions.