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October 2021 Drought Information Update from Pueblo NWS
Drought continues to develop across South Central and Southeast Colorado SYNOPSIS: A warm and generally dry September and October has allowed for drought conditions to continue to develop and deepen across south central and southeast Colorado. The latest US Drought Monitor (issued Thursday, October 21st, 2021) indicates extreme drought (D3) conditions across extreme south […]
The Summer of 2021 Weather Review from National Weather Service-Pueblo
Meteorological Summer (June, July and August) of 2021 started out very warm and dry with several high temperature records being set across Colorado through the first half of June, including June 16th when the temperature topped out at 100 degrees in Colorado Springs. This marks only the 10th time on record in which the […]
September Snow is Possible in Colorado
Chain Law Goes into Effect Wednesday, Sept. 1 (COLO) – With weather forecasts including 80 and 90-degree temperatures on the front range, it’s hard to imagine potential snowfall in Colorado’s high country. Yet, summer snow is not that unusual at higher elevations in our state. That’s why each year, from September 1 to May 31, […]
West Boat Ramp closed at John Martin Reservoir State Park due to low water
HASTY, Colo. – John Martin Reservoir State Park has closed its West Boat Ramp to trailer launching due to low water levels. It has become too difficult to launch vessels from the ramp because the end of the concrete boat ramp will soon be completely exposed. To protect the safety of boating guests, Park Manager […]
Lamar Utility Board Reviews Meter Use, Recaps LPR Clean-Up
Lamar Light Plant Superintendent, Houssin Hourieh, brought the Lamar Utility Board up to date on a brief history of tracking numbers for customer meters which has been performed every month of May since 1999. That month, there were 5,778 connected meters for 4,056 customers with a high in 2003 of 5,836 connected […]
Friday Night Winds Strike Lamar
Considerable damage was done to homes, businesses and some vehicles in Lamar Friday Night, night, July 9th, when fierce winds and possibly several microbursts swept across portions of the High Plains in Prowers County and other sections of this area. The Lamar Inn on North Main Street may have suffered the most damage […]
Pueblo NWS Drought Information Statement-June 29, 2021
Southeast Colorado Remains Drought Free SYNOPSIS: Spring storm systems provided abundant precipitation to portions of south central Colorado, and especially southeastern Colorado, where precipitation accumulations through out the month of May totaled 3 to 4 inches, along with pockets of 6 to 7 inches of precipitation recorded across the southeast mountains. While the beginning […]
Rain, How Much & Where
The usual speculation of how much precipitation we’ve received in southeast Colorado always follows a heavy rain or one that is at least moderate and lasts for more than a day or two. We’ve had that occasion to speculate this past May and just this past Memorial Day weekend. It may have rained […]
DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT-National Weather Service – May 20 2021
Spring Storms Bring Abundant Moisture to Eastern Colorado SYNOPSIS: Late winter and early spring storm systems have provided abundant and much needed moisture to eastern Colorado. Precipitation through the middle of May is also proving up to task, thus far, with widespread 2-to-3-inch amounts recorded across southeastern Colorado, along with pockets of […]
DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT from Pueblo NWS
March Storms Bring Beneficial Moisture to southern Colorado SYNOPSIS: Several storm systems moving across the Rockies through the month of March provided beneficial and much needed precipitation to much of south central and southeast Colorado. This is especially true across southeast Colorado, which recorded widespread precipitation amounts of 1 to 2 inches throughout the […]
Governor Polis Statement on USDA Disaster Designation
DENVER – Governor Jared Polis released a statement following this month’s designation of 63 Colorado counties as primary agricultural disaster areas by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The disaster declaration is due to recent drought in the area. Colorado’s recent record snowfall along the Front Range and Eastern Plains did not deliver enough […]
Winter Weather Assessment, 2020-2021 from Pueblo National Weather Service
Meteorological Winter of 2020-21 (December, January and February) started with ebbs and flows of temperatures, as a several passing weather systems through the month of December brought beneficial moisture and snowfall, especially to portions of the southeast mountains and plains, along with some briefly cooler temperatures, before warmer and drier conditions returned across the […]
Colorado Crop Progress and Condition Report, February 2021
AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY: Drought maintained its grip across the state, but seasonal moisture during February brought a little relief to areas and improved soil moisture, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. In northeastern counties, winter wheat benefitted from snow cover and received moisture was welcome throughout the district. […]
NWS Pueblo Issues Winter Storm Watch for SE Colorado
Winter Storm Watch URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE for Western Kiowa County-Eastern Kiowa County- Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County-Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County- Fri Feb 12 2021 A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON… * WHAT…Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 6 inches possible. * WHERE…Kiowa, Bent, […]
DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT-NWS Pueblo-January 15, 2021
Some Improvements in the Drought Across Southeast Colorado SYNOPSIS After a very warm and generally dry November, a few passing storm systems in December and through January thus far, have brought some beneficial precipitation to portions of the southeast plains. With that said, the latest US Drought Monitor, issued Thursday January 14th 2021, indicates […]
