Extremes are exciting to track, but they also give us perspective. Assistant State Climatologist Becky Bolinger says that tracking extremes is important for several reasons. (Denver Post)
“We’ve had three summers in a row with a failed monsoon in western Colorado and also very hot conditions,” said state climatologist Russ Schumacher. (Denver CBS 4)
The year 2020 is going to be remembered for a lot of things, many of them not so good. Included in the not-so-good list is the drought that has plagued the West, lasting into 2021. (Washington Post)
“The droughts that we are seeing are becoming that much more severe because of the temperature component, they’re warmer,” Colorado assistant state climatologist Becky Bolinger said. (KNPR/NPR)
Coloradans also can look out their windows and see the “snow drought” forecasters are talking about when they say snow cover in the West is the worst it has been at any time in the last two decades. (Colorado Sun)
CoCoRaHS is a nonprofit, community-based group of volunteers who work together to measure and map precipitation, including rain, hail and snow. (Westword)
“2020 was a doozy of a year,” said Peter Goble, climate specialist at the Colorado Climate Center. “And we just continue to fall farther and farther behind.” (Colorado Sun)
Since about 2000, droughts have been happening more frequently, which doesn’t allow for as much time for recovery—a trend that the Colorado Climate Center has been watching closely. (5280 Magazine)
CSU Associate Professor Russ Schumacher told weather.com. "I knew that if I missed anything in that category, I'd never be able to live it down."
More people are taking an interest in keeping track of the precipitation that falls at their house. CoCoRaHS has seen a big boost in membership during the pandemic. (9News)