smokeybandit Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 Another good day for my general area, but man my house is rain repellant. Flash floods to my west, heavy rain to my north and east, and heavy rain to my southwest headed my way, but drying up 2 miles down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted July 30 Author Share Posted July 30 2 hours ago, smokeybandit said: Another good day for my general area, but man my house is rain repellant. Flash floods to my west, heavy rain to my north and east, and heavy rain to my southwest headed my way, but drying up 2 miles down the road. ...here I am, stuck in a dry zone in Parker..." Apologies to Stealers Wheel, if they're still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 I did get an extended power outage out of it though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frontranger8 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnster Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 As many of us are in this region, this year Fort Collins will be flirting with recording the driest year in recorded history (which is 7.34"). Currently we sit at 5.97" for the year. It seems we start getting some decent monsoon moisture and then the door gets slammed shut again. Supposedly El Nino conditions are forecast this fall but I'm not holding my breath that it will make any difference in alleviating the drought. One can hope tho.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted August 3 Author Share Posted August 3 At my house near Centennial Airport we've received 5.05" YTD. DEN is a bit better at 5.65". Record driest year is 7.48" in 2002. I'm guessing we won't quite end up that dry, but it will be close. Good shot at top 10 driest, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Wow, and I thought that it was dry'ish up here... I am at 9.19" YTD. Even then, I know that the big snow dump we had in May overwhelmed my Davis' precipitation hopper as the total from that event came in pretty light. I think perhaps around 10" YTD is more accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnster Posted Tuesday at 02:46 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:46 AM 7 hours ago, mayjawintastawm said: At my house near Centennial Airport we've received 5.05" YTD. DEN is a bit better at 5.65". Record driest year is 7.48" in 2002. I'm guessing we won't quite end up that dry, but it will be close. Good shot at top 10 driest, anyway. Wow I didn't realize Denver is actually lower than Fort Collins - usually it's wetter. It doesn't really matter though, it's just dry everywhere. We have friends in Wyoming and its super dry there too. It seems we ought to be able to get enough the rest of this year do not break our record, but you have to factor in that average precip for the remaining months of the year get less and less...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted Tuesday at 02:27 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 02:27 PM 102 to 53 here in about 16 hours... nice!! Uncommon to see such a big temp drop in the summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frontranger8 Posted Tuesday at 07:04 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:04 PM 4 hours ago, mayjawintastawm said: 102 to 53 here in about 26 hours... nice!! Uncommon to see such a big temp drop in the summer. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted Wednesday at 12:31 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 12:31 PM Sure wish I could lock in these morning temps. 48 the last two mornings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frontranger8 Posted Wednesday at 02:27 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 02:27 PM First 40s since 6/14 here this am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted Friday at 03:32 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 03:32 PM Aaaaand... I'm now in D4 drought, first time in my life I think I have been there. A 30 foot tall, 45 year old pine in my yard is dying from lack of water, trying to save it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago It was 102 in Fort Collins-Loveland airport 97.5 at Fort Collins weather station The forest fire smoke doesn't seem to want to leave Colorado. Near-surface smoke and air quality have been probably up and down these days. I told you guys a long time ago there would be fire problems. I didn't know if Colorado would have the worst fires. Apparently Colorado hasn't had the worst fires. The smoke and fire has happened in the Oregon and Washington for many days. I think I saw there were 4 fires by Spokane, with suburbs being destroyed, reported on the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted 17 hours ago Author Share Posted 17 hours ago 1 hour ago, Chinook said: It was 102 in Fort Collins-Loveland airport 97.5 at Fort Collins weather station The forest fire smoke doesn't seem to want to leave Colorado. Near-surface smoke and air quality have been probably up and down these days. I told you guys a long time ago there would be fire problems. I didn't know if Colorado would have the worst fires. Apparently Colorado hasn't had the worst fires. The smoke and fire has happened in the Oregon and Washington for many days. I think I saw there were 4 fires by Spokane, with suburbs being destroyed, reported on the news. We've been lucky/people have been careful, I guess. Utah and especially the Northwest have been far worse, though we've had a few tragic fatalities here. Smoke is mainly aloft, not so much at the surface. More rain is always 5-6 days away. Maybe it will happen, someday. Meanwhile DEN has had its 6th or 7th 100 degree day today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Fort Collins had the hottest July on record with 77.5 average temperature and two days over 100. July 26 was an absurd high 101 low 67 with a trace of rain. That's too warm for the nighttime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frontranger8 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, Chinook said: Fort Collins had the hottest July on record with 77.5 average temperature and two days over 100. July 26 was an absurd high 101 low 67 with a trace of rain. That's too warm for the nighttime. 2012 barely beat out 2026 here. But 2026 set the record for most 90+ days with 28. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frontranger8 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago About time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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