frontranger8

First 40s since 6/14 here this am.

Was just about to post...what a difference a day makes. Yesterday at this time we were at 98. Today, 68. So refreshing. Too bad there's so much smoke around.

Got smacked yesterday evening with a direct hit from a storm that was severe warned shortly after. Thankfully not much hail, but a 30 minute deluge that dropped .57". Great way to end the month.

Parker to Palmer divide is getting crushed. Not much happening here.

Picked up about .10" here today. Looks like some of the heavier storms in the area dropped at least half an inch.

Tomorrow looks more promising for widespread showers/storms.

Long term, Denver averages 2" in July and 1.7" in August. So I'd say for this area anyway, on average it peaks second half of July and is often basically over by second half of August. That being said, there have been many times where August has been much wetter than July (2022 is the only real recent example, but quite a few further back). We are badly due for a very wet August for the region...the last one was 2008. Of course, we had the wettest September and month ever in 2013, which was due to unusually late monsoonal activity.

Wouldn't get your hopes up too much. Looks like pretty standard fare for this time of year, definitely nothing crazy.

DEN hit 103. Two days ago Greeley hit 107. For DEN, it was the hottest temp since 2018. It was the 15th time on record Denver has hit 103 or hotter. At Greeley, it was the hottest temp since 2006, and only the sixth time in their history.

Yeah, pretty much anywhere north of downtown did pretty well. DEN picked up over half an inch, about in line with what models were showing a few days out.

Damn, DEN is at .70" for the month. .92" in my backyard.

Picked up .35" here with a nice but fairly brief deluge in the afternoon. Getting some light showers now.

Touched 101 in my backyard.

First hundo of the year looks likely by tomorrow.

Bigger picture for 1982-83. Interesting how Jan/Feb had nearly identical anomaly patterns.

Models are insistent that rains return next week with a surge of monsoonal moisture. Really hope so...camping with fire bans sucks.

Thankfully, it appears some relief is imminent.

97 for DEN. Highest temp of the year, fourth time they've touched it.

The northern tier trough signal was more apparent looking at the past 30 days. Focused in the middle of the country.

Feel lucky to only be getting 95 here lol.

Looks like the hottest stretch since July 2022 coming up.

This east coast heat wave was not in the same ballpark as what just occurred in Europe. Historically inaccurate to make a real comparison between the two.

Goofus at 246 hours....here is what latest Euro shows for same time.

Have to consider where the cold is and what areas are being melted out. The low hanging fruit that isn't as far north has been melted out over the past few weeks.

I think to me what really stands out is the heat just isn't spread out evenly. And the climates that have seen the most summer warming tended to be fairly similar.