Long-Range
El Niño is developing rapidly. Here's what that means for Colorado's summer temperature and precipitation outlook — and why even a good monsoon won't solve the water supply problem we're already in.
Forecast
A heat surge and critical fire weather conditions arrive Monday across Colorado — but the bigger story is what comes after: a pattern shift, a developing El Niño, and a water crisis that runs all summer.
Forecast
Heavy snow is falling across Colorado today, but the bigger story is what comes after: a warm, dry pattern reasserts itself just as drought enters its most critical stretch.
Forecast
A late-April storm brings mountain snow and plains freeze risk this week — meaningful, but not nearly enough to dent Colorado's record drought heading into summer.
Forecast
A welcome pattern shift is underway across Colorado, bringing cooler temperatures, mountain snow, and a late-week precipitation system with real potential for drought-stressed parts of Colorado.
Long-Range
Following the weekend system, forecast data indicates a return to above-normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation across most of Colorado through late April and into May.
Long-Range
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Agriculture
The more important story is what comes after: a brief cooldown followed by a return to below-normal precipitation that keeps drought pressure building through May.
Forecast
Wind gusts of 30–60 mph and humidity in the single digits Wednesday — one of the more dangerous fire weather setups Colorado has seen this season.
Agriculture
A warm, dry stretch mid-week gives way to one of the more serious fire weather setups of the season Wednesday, before a significant pattern change brings cooler, unsettled conditions through the weekend.
City
The cold front moved through overnight — Denver saw frontal passage between 1 and 2 AM, with temperatures dropping roughly 30 degrees in about two hours behind it.
Agriculture
Colorado is about to run through every season in 72 hours. Critical fire weather is ongoing today, a cold front and mountain snow arrive tonight through Friday, a hard freeze follows Friday night, and by Tuesday plains temperatures are back in the lower 80s.