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When will our first snow occur? Enter your prediction for a chance to win! ❄️☃️

October 4, 2022 / BoulderCAST Team

8th Annual BoulderCAST First Snowfall Contest

Are you eager for the first snow of the season? Have you already waxed your skis and purchased your Epic Pass? Our first big snow could be right around the corner! Mother Nature has been throwing wrenches into this annual contest the last few years making an accurate prediction for our first snowfall a monumental challenge! What’s in store for 2022? We provide a brief overview of Boulder’s first snowfall climatology and then pose a question…“When will Boulder’s first measurable snow occur this year?” Submit your guess for a chance to win an assortment of prizes. Those who get closest to the date and amount of our first snow win..

*Sorry. This contest is now closed to entries*

Monsoon Update: Heavy rainfall earlier this week put a dent in the drought as monsoon season nears completion

August 19, 2022 / BoulderCAST Team

After several dry summers in a row, the 2022 monsoon season has been a breath of fresh air for most of the Front Range, thanks mainly to the recent soggy weather culminating in localized flash flooding earlier this week. As monsoon season begins to wind down across Colorado, we discuss the recent and seasonal rainfall totals, why this year’s monsoon has been atypical, and how climate change may impact future monsoons.

July 2022 Graphical Weather Review: Many rounds of raindrops, but not much rain!

August 3, 2022 / BoulderCAST Team

July 2022, a month that falls in the heart of monsoon season, ended up fairly hot and dry across much of the Front Range as a ridge of high pressure dominated our weather. Raindrops were a frequent occurrence, at least in Boulder, but ultimately they didn’t add up to much. A wave of thunderstorms towards the latter part of the month provided soaking rains to much of the Denver area, “saving”many locations from worsening drought for the time being. Here’s a quick and colorful graphical recap of our weather during July and how it relates to climatology.

Mid-Summer Monsoon Update: Off to a slow start, but that is starting to change!

August 2, 2022 / BoulderCAST Team

After one of the driest starts to the summer monsoon season on record across the Front Range, things have started to change somewhat following a surge of monsoon rainfall in the final days of July. We review what has transpired so far this summer, look at where 2022 fits into the historical monsoon climatology, and discuss the temperature and precipitation outlook for the month of August.

Boulder surprisingly notched its first 100-degree day in over two years on Tuesday! Or did it?

July 20, 2022 / BoulderCAST Team

On a day which should have been slightly cooler than recent times on paper, Boulder officially reached 100 degrees Tuesday afternoon. However, other reliable weather sensors around the city came in several degrees cooler and more in-line with forecasts. We take a look at the temperatures measured around the area and weight on what will ultimately go down in the books as a record high temperature and the city’s first triple-digit reading in over two years.

Back-to-back 100-degree days possible this weekend, more to come next week

July 8, 2022 / BoulderCAST Team

With the monsoon getting suppressed and a hot pattern taking hold this weekend, both Saturday and Sunday could get Boulder to the elusive 100-degree mark for the first time in nearly two years. We discuss the cause of this heatwave, how hot it will get around Boulder and Denver this weekend (and next week), and when we expect cooler temperatures to arrive.

June 2022 Graphical Weather Review: A month largely devoid of rainfall despite an early start to the monsoon

July 6, 2022 / BoulderCAST Team

June 2022 began soggy and snowy across the Front Range with a sizable precipitation event getting us off to a good start on the first of the month. However, the rest of the June was largely warm and dry despite an early start to monsoon season in the southwestern United States. Here’s a quick and colorful graphical recap of our weather during June and how it relates to climatology.

May 2022 Graphical Weather Review: A damaging late-season snowstorm AND copius 80-degree days

June 2, 2022 / BoulderCAST Team

May 2022 began by continuing the dry trend of the months prior, but thankfully was capped off with two soaking precipitation events across the Front Range. The damaging snowstorm May 20th to 21st was one of the biggest ever in Boulder for so late in the season. On the opposite end of the spectrum, there were also 14 days of 80-degree weather during the month — a number way above normal. Here’s a quick and colorful graphical recap of our weather during May and how it relates to climatology.