Colorado Weather

Fort Collins Coloradoan Executive Editor Eric Larson joined us to discuss the massive thunderstorm that hit Larimer County this week.

In spring of 2022, nearly the entire state of Colorado was parched with heat and drought. One year later, the story is remarkably different, with above-average rainfall and unusually cool temperatures. The extra moisture is doing wonders for Colorado’s croplands.

National Weather Service Boulder has issued a flood watch for several counties, including Pitkin, Eagle and surrounding areas.

A new study, published in the journal, Nature Climate Change, shows a surprising new way in which heat and humidity are interrelated and comes at the beginning of a summer that is already sweltering and plagued with wildfire and drought.

Authorities say a tornado that touched down in Weld County on Monday damaged buildings on seven properties. No injuries were reported. Among the structures considered destroyed were two homes as well as two buildings at a feedlot.

As you’ve probably noticed, we've been having some crazy weather here in Colorado recently. From extreme heat, with poor air quality and record-breaking fires, to snow, all in a matter of days. Russ Schumacher, director of the Colorado Climate Center and Colorado’s state climatologist, joined KUNC’s Colorado Edition to explain what’s going on.

Summer came to an abrupt halt in parts of the Rocky Mountains on Tuesday as temperatures reaching into the 90s plunged about 60 degrees in less than 24 hours, with a powerful surge of cold air from Canada unleashing snow and damaging winds in several states.

For the last two weeks, the Front Range has experienced over 90-degree Fahrenheit temperatures daily, but this is not due to global warming. Colorado is…

On June 6, Coloradans experienced a rare weather event called a "derecho" that linked up thunderstorms crossing the entire state and caused…

Colorado is starting off 2020 with plenty of snow in the mountains.Mountain snow moisture statewide is 122% of the usual amount for this time of year,…