picture above: The straight face and cirque on Gothic Mountain May 30
Today's weather, Monday, August 20: clear and cool overnight, then clear but smoky again as it warms. Partly cloudy, breezy, smoky and warm in the afternoon.
The Live Camera, below, is located just north of Gothic, and is currently: ON
--Current view: Gothic Mountain, with moon out until around midnight
--This is a live feed camera, but on clear, calm days it will look more like a still picture
-- you can back track on the view by up to 4 hours by using the time bar at the bottom of the feed
--Anyone who wants a specific view for a while just let me know.
--Current view: Gothic Mountain, with moon out until around midnight
--This is a live feed camera, but on clear, calm days it will look more like a still picture
-- you can back track on the view by up to 4 hours by using the time bar at the bottom of the feed
--Anyone who wants a specific view for a while just let me know.
Today's weather data for Gothic, August 20, 2018 as of 5:58 p.m. MDT
Low temperature: -½ºC (31ºF)
High temperature: 23½ºC (74ºF)
Current temperature: 19½ºC (67ºF)
Cloud cover: partly cloudy
Wind: 2-4 W, gusts to 13
Precipitation sunset August 19 to sunrise August 20 with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00 of water, 0.00" rain
Precipitation sunrise to sunset today: with 0 cm (0") with 0.00" of water, 0.00" rain
4Precipitation today: currently none, with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00 water content, 0.00 rain
Current snow pack: 0 cm (0") , today's deepest 0 cm (0")
Winters deepest snow pack: 105 cm (41½") on March 23
Total snowfall this winter 490 cm (193") as of sunrise August 20
Total water content from snow this winter: 16.69" as of sunrise August 20
Total rain this snow-year, starting Sept. 01: 6.59" as of sunrise August 20
Total precipitation for the snow year: 23.28" as of sunrise August 20
Low temperature: -½ºC (31ºF)
High temperature: 23½ºC (74ºF)
Current temperature: 19½ºC (67ºF)
Cloud cover: partly cloudy
Wind: 2-4 W, gusts to 13
Precipitation sunset August 19 to sunrise August 20 with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00 of water, 0.00" rain
Precipitation sunrise to sunset today: with 0 cm (0") with 0.00" of water, 0.00" rain
4Precipitation today: currently none, with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00 water content, 0.00 rain
Current snow pack: 0 cm (0") , today's deepest 0 cm (0")
Winters deepest snow pack: 105 cm (41½") on March 23
Total snowfall this winter 490 cm (193") as of sunrise August 20
Total water content from snow this winter: 16.69" as of sunrise August 20
Total rain this snow-year, starting Sept. 01: 6.59" as of sunrise August 20
Total precipitation for the snow year: 23.28" as of sunrise August 20
"I hope my complaints about the weather have made the weather seem comparatively less annoying." unknown quote
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What is New and other Notes: June 17 set records (dating only back to 2000 unlike winter records that go to 1974) for the warmest low and coolest high on the same day. Also lowest high on June 24. Then tied the record low on June 29 a record low on June 30. So a chilly month, at least for morning low temperatures (though this is only for the most recent 18 years).
--a NEW table to be found under the Data tab, the daily high temp => freezing is a new table which shows the number of days in each winter month (Nov. thru May) starting in the winter of 1975-76 in which the daily high temperature reached or went above 0ºC (32ºF), the freezing point at which snow will melt.
the ground coverage page, under the Data tab, has now been updated to include this winter now that the snow is gone from the station site. Only one previous winter had less days with snow cover than this one (go ahead, take a guess which one).
The least snowfall ever recorded in a winter (starting from 1974-75) was 1976-77 which had 474 cm (186½"), a record i doubted would ever be beaten. It took until the snowfall on April 24 for this winter to surpass that amount. HOWEVER, the 1976-77 winter had a total of 11.60" of water from snow and this winter has gone far past that so this winter was a good bit wetter, by about 30%, not even including the rain (0.48") that came during this winter (1976-77 had 0). Go to the Long Term water for more winter details.
The rain on March 22 makes the third year in the past four that it has rained in March- and only the fourth year in all the 44 years of data collection (i.e. only once for 40 years, now 3 of the past 4).
The maximum depth of the snow this winter was 105 cm (41½"). Only the 1976-77 winter had a maximum depth lower than this.
This winter had it's longest streak of consecutive days at or below freezing at 7 days. The previous shortest streak of days at or below freezing for a winter was 1998-99 with just 9 days while the longest was 151 days in the 1979-80 winter. Go to the records by winter page to see how each winter fared in this area.
Only one previous December ever had an average high above freezing, and that was just 32½ºF while this past December average daily high was 35ºF.
Only three previous November's had less snow than this one, and no year (for Nov.) had ever had a snow density greater than 7.90% water. This recent November ended up over 10%.
side note, the total number of hits on this page passed one-half million on March 24
--a NEW table to be found under the Data tab, the daily high temp => freezing is a new table which shows the number of days in each winter month (Nov. thru May) starting in the winter of 1975-76 in which the daily high temperature reached or went above 0ºC (32ºF), the freezing point at which snow will melt.
the ground coverage page, under the Data tab, has now been updated to include this winter now that the snow is gone from the station site. Only one previous winter had less days with snow cover than this one (go ahead, take a guess which one).
The least snowfall ever recorded in a winter (starting from 1974-75) was 1976-77 which had 474 cm (186½"), a record i doubted would ever be beaten. It took until the snowfall on April 24 for this winter to surpass that amount. HOWEVER, the 1976-77 winter had a total of 11.60" of water from snow and this winter has gone far past that so this winter was a good bit wetter, by about 30%, not even including the rain (0.48") that came during this winter (1976-77 had 0). Go to the Long Term water for more winter details.
The rain on March 22 makes the third year in the past four that it has rained in March- and only the fourth year in all the 44 years of data collection (i.e. only once for 40 years, now 3 of the past 4).
The maximum depth of the snow this winter was 105 cm (41½"). Only the 1976-77 winter had a maximum depth lower than this.
This winter had it's longest streak of consecutive days at or below freezing at 7 days. The previous shortest streak of days at or below freezing for a winter was 1998-99 with just 9 days while the longest was 151 days in the 1979-80 winter. Go to the records by winter page to see how each winter fared in this area.
Only one previous December ever had an average high above freezing, and that was just 32½ºF while this past December average daily high was 35ºF.
Only three previous November's had less snow than this one, and no year (for Nov.) had ever had a snow density greater than 7.90% water. This recent November ended up over 10%.
side note, the total number of hits on this page passed one-half million on March 24
Snow blowing off the peak of Gothic Mountain, Feb. 28
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Vera Falls in spring run-off, June 06
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Gothic Weather Page Index:
Home page (this page- if you lived here you'd be home already)
Current year daily description- a daily brief written out description of the 2018 weather
2017 weather description- a daily brief written out description of the 2017 weather
2016 weather description- the last months of 2016 a written out daily weather summary description
notes on this site: explains what things mean and sampling methods, as well as a short video of the data site
contact- where you can send requests or suggestions about this web site from. Please do. (you don't write, you don't call. Was it something I said?)
Data: summary page and description of data
daily data, current year- daily weather data for the current calendar year.
2017 daily data- daily weather data for the 2017 calendar year.
2016 daily data- daily weather data for the 2016 calendar year.
weekly weather summary- the past weeks weather summary and this winter's weather compared to the past 45 winters.
long term snow- snow totals by month for each month in the past 45 years, plus which years had the highest and lowest totals in each month.
long term water- the same month by month totals, but with the water content instead of snow total.
ground cover- the dates and number of consecutive days of snow on the ground for each winter, as well as date of snow melt drop under 100 and 50 cm
daily high temperature => freezing- this table shows the number of days in each winter month over the years in which the daily high reached or surpassed freezing, when snow would melt
Records: this area will have info on the number of records, such as most snow on a given date, highest temperature and so on
records by winter: showing each winter and the number of record highs, lows, days with most snow etc. since 1974 as well as other info pertinent to that winter.
record summary table: a quick-look summary table of the records by winter
Monthly Data: The title page has all summarized data for each month for November through May starting in the fall of 1974 up until the current listed chronologically. The individual months below of June through October are from the 2000-2001 winter to current only.
September- summary for September, 2000-2017
October- summary for October, 2000-2017
November- summary for November, 1974-2017
December- summary for December, 1974-2017
January- summary for January, 1975-2018
February- summary for February, 1975-2018
March- summaries for March, 1975-2018
April- summary for April, 1975-2018
May- summary for May, 1975-2018
June- summary for June, 2001-2018
July- summary for July, 2001-2017
August- summary for August, 2001-2017
Other Info- just a heading page for the underlying categories
animals- notes on siting and activity of winter animal life, updated April 30
avalanches- a general overlook of the snow conditions around Gothic
photos- an archive of photos that were on various site pages (in progress)
ski and road- mostly general ski conditions for the area to and around Gothic, though in early and late winter road opening becomes important. Last update May 29.
links- links to other web sites people may find helpful
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Home page (this page- if you lived here you'd be home already)
Current year daily description- a daily brief written out description of the 2018 weather
2017 weather description- a daily brief written out description of the 2017 weather
2016 weather description- the last months of 2016 a written out daily weather summary description
notes on this site: explains what things mean and sampling methods, as well as a short video of the data site
contact- where you can send requests or suggestions about this web site from. Please do. (you don't write, you don't call. Was it something I said?)
Data: summary page and description of data
daily data, current year- daily weather data for the current calendar year.
2017 daily data- daily weather data for the 2017 calendar year.
2016 daily data- daily weather data for the 2016 calendar year.
weekly weather summary- the past weeks weather summary and this winter's weather compared to the past 45 winters.
long term snow- snow totals by month for each month in the past 45 years, plus which years had the highest and lowest totals in each month.
long term water- the same month by month totals, but with the water content instead of snow total.
ground cover- the dates and number of consecutive days of snow on the ground for each winter, as well as date of snow melt drop under 100 and 50 cm
daily high temperature => freezing- this table shows the number of days in each winter month over the years in which the daily high reached or surpassed freezing, when snow would melt
Records: this area will have info on the number of records, such as most snow on a given date, highest temperature and so on
records by winter: showing each winter and the number of record highs, lows, days with most snow etc. since 1974 as well as other info pertinent to that winter.
record summary table: a quick-look summary table of the records by winter
Monthly Data: The title page has all summarized data for each month for November through May starting in the fall of 1974 up until the current listed chronologically. The individual months below of June through October are from the 2000-2001 winter to current only.
September- summary for September, 2000-2017
October- summary for October, 2000-2017
November- summary for November, 1974-2017
December- summary for December, 1974-2017
January- summary for January, 1975-2018
February- summary for February, 1975-2018
March- summaries for March, 1975-2018
April- summary for April, 1975-2018
May- summary for May, 1975-2018
June- summary for June, 2001-2018
July- summary for July, 2001-2017
August- summary for August, 2001-2017
Other Info- just a heading page for the underlying categories
animals- notes on siting and activity of winter animal life, updated April 30
avalanches- a general overlook of the snow conditions around Gothic
photos- an archive of photos that were on various site pages (in progress)
ski and road- mostly general ski conditions for the area to and around Gothic, though in early and late winter road opening becomes important. Last update May 29.
links- links to other web sites people may find helpful
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Thank you to Greg of the Desert Research Institute and Brian of Slopeside Technology for their support in maintaining instrumentation, to Dan Jones for equipment and station set-up, and for Art Mears for advice, input and data analysis.