“From a water resources perspective and a drought perspective, we’re definitely not in good shape going into this winter because the summer was so warm and dry,” said Russ Schumacher, Colorado State Climatologist. (CBS Denver)
The weekly analysis is a broad-brush look at the national drought situation and takes into account a handful of indicators, to determine how different areas should be classified. (Colorado Sun)
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“From all recent observations we have of wildfire seasons, this one is off the charts,” said Becky Bolinger, assistant state climatologist and drought specialist at Colorado State University. (The Guardian)
“We are seeing very unusual climate behavior and weather behavior that we don’t typically see this time of year,” said Becky Bolinger, Assistant State Climatologist with the Colorado Climate Center at CSU. (9News)
According to the Colorado Climate Center, from 1992 to 2015 it was unheard of for large wildfires of more than 11,000 acres to ignite in the Rocky Mountain state so late in the year. (Washington Post)
Colorado has had three consecutive summers “with really no monsoon,” Schumacher said, and the last three monsoon seasons have been the worst three on record for western Colorado. (Colorado Public Radio)
Steamboat has reason to be “optimistic,” according to Russ Schumacher, the Colorado state climatologist and director of the Colorado Climate Center. (Denver Post)
As of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor update issued Thursday, more than 99% of Colorado was in some level of drought, and most of the Western Slope was in at least extreme drought. (Daily Sentinel)
Becky Bollinger, a research associate with the Colorado Climate Center, said 2020’s water year was the third-driest on record, behind only the infamous drought years of 2002 and 2018. (Durango Herald)