DayCAST: Wed 03/21/18

Yesterday was the spring equinox. Though the word equinox is derived from a Latin phrase meaning "equality of night", we don't actually experience exactly 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night on the equinox. The table below show that in Denver, the date with the closest split between 12-and-12 for day and night was March 17th. We explained the reasoning …

Ben Castellani

Ben grew up in southwestern Pennsylvania and holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in Meteorology, the latter being from CU Boulder. His hometown received nearly three feet of snow from the Storm of the Century back in March of 1993, sparking his initial interest in impactful weather. Ben currently works on remote sensing and data analysis software at NV5 Geospatial Software in Boulder.