May has finally snapped the atmosphere out of its months‑long bone dry spell, and the Front Range is making up for lost time fast. A destructive early‑May snow event, followed by a second, well‑timed upslope system just ten days later, has pushed Boulder’s May precipitation total beyond everything we managed to scrape together through fall, winter, and early spring combined. We dig into what triggered the pattern reversal, how much moisture different parts of the region have banked, what this burst of wet weather actually means for our entrenched drought, and whether the upcoming Memorial Day weekend warm‑up signals a slide back toward a more aggressive drying trend.
