Category: Climatology (Page 34 of 63)

These posts contain information about the long-term weather patterns of Boulder County. Potential topics may include 30-day weather outlooks, El Nino/La Nina, and seasonal forecasts. You will find less about the day-to-day weather, with more focus on longer trends and patterns.

This Week in Colorado Weather: April 24, 2023

April 24, 2023 / Ben Castellani

The last week of April will undoubtedly be an interesting one weatherwise across the Front Range as a potent spring storm bears down on Colorado in the coming days. While we still have some concerns about the storm’s track and exactly how low snow levels will come, this will be a classic upslope event with impacts ranging from thunderstorms to soaking rain to heavy wet snow for our area. Furthermore, there will also be another smaller but colder storm late in the week with accumulating snow chances. The Front Range forecast this week sure is busy! Let’s get into it.

Winter Weather Update: Banded snowfall develops Friday night for everyone

April 21, 2023 / Ben Castellani

As our snow season begins to wind down across the Front Range, our Winter Storm Updates are arriving to your inbox less and less. However, an interesting setup knocking on the door will create a quick chance of banded snowfall Friday night with everyone poised to see some white stuff accumulate. Let’s discuss the latest on the approaching snow bands including their timing, travel impacts and ultimately how much snow will stick.

Winter Weather Update: After days of record-shattering warmth, much colder weather & wet snow return on Friday

April 13, 2023 / BoulderCAST Team

We hope you enjoyed the taste of summer as temperatures soared into the 70s and 80s the last several days because we will be paying for that warmth in short order as much colder temperatures and snowflakes take over the Front Range to end the week. A tricky forecast is set to unfold over the area Friday into Saturday with rain changing to wet spring snow for everyone. Up to 10″ could fall in the higher Foothills communities with even slushy accumulations on the table for the Denver-Boulder area. Let’s discuss the latest on the approaching winter storm.

This week’s “heatwave” nabbed a few records in Boulder

April 13, 2023 / Ben Castellani

🥵 Two record highs on Tuesday (Apr 11) and Wednesday (Apr 12), with the latter dating back more than 115 years!

🌡️ Tuesday was the 2nd earliest occurrence of middle 80s for the city, only beat out by April 7 1988 which was 86°

🔥 Tied record warmest minimum on Wednesday at 50°F (tied 1916)

🏜️ Almost a guarantee to set another record warm minimum for Thursday (Apr 13) unless we drop below 52°F before 6PM…

This Week in Colorado Weather: April 10, 2023

April 10, 2023 / Ben Castellani

This first major heatwave of 2023 will unfold this week across the Front Range as a broad ridge of high pressure produces bountiful sunshine and an influx of warm air from the southwest to Colorado. Multiple days of record high temperatures are expected as most of us soar into the 80s. However, late week a big cooldown is taking shape with rain/snow likely returning on Friday. Read on for all the details of the crazy weather week ahead.

A Wacky Winter Without Warmth: Boulder nabbed top five finishes on several cold weather statistics this year

April 7, 2023 / Ben Castellani

This winter has definitely felt longer and colder than any in recent memory. We review some temperature statistics to show that not only has it been an exceptionally cold winter overall, but the lack of any true warm days thrown into the mix made things feel even more extreme.

March 2023 Graphical Weather Review: The coldest March in more than 50 years was unfortunately also a dry one

April 5, 2023 / Ben Castellani

March 2023 concluded as the coldest March in more than 50 years in Boulder and was our fifth consecutive month with below normal temperatures — this winter has been atypically long and brutal. Despite heavy snow fueled by atmospheric river events in the Mountains, very little precipitation reached east of the Continental Divide during March with fire danger and blowing dust increasing substantially by month’s end. Here’s a quick and colorful graphical recap of our weather during March and how it relates to climatology.

This Week in Colorado Weather: March 27, 2023

March 27, 2023 / Ben Castellani

After widespread snow and unseasonably cold weather on Monday, things quiet down for the midweek period with a nice warm-up headed to the Front Range. A secondary storm system will reach the area Thursday into Friday with Mountain snowfall ramping up again along with another chance of snow in the Denver area to close out the month of March. Read on for all the details.