picture above: Looking back into Rustler's Gulch from the back end.
Today's weather, Tuesday, October 22: clearing, windy and mild overnight. Clouds build at sunrise as wind continues but it warms nicely.
The Live Station Camera, below, is located just north of Gothic at the weather station. Current status is: ON
Current view: Gothic Mountain
--This is a live feed camera, but on clear, calm days it will look more like a still picture
-- usually if there is little to no visibility the camera will focus on the nearby road, the snow board, the river or other close views
-- you can back track on the view by up to 4 hours by using the time bar at the bottom of the feed
-- there is sometimes a delay or a slow connection. If so you can go directly to the YouTube page by clicking here
Current view: Gothic Mountain
--This is a live feed camera, but on clear, calm days it will look more like a still picture
-- usually if there is little to no visibility the camera will focus on the nearby road, the snow board, the river or other close views
-- you can back track on the view by up to 4 hours by using the time bar at the bottom of the feed
-- there is sometimes a delay or a slow connection. If so you can go directly to the YouTube page by clicking here
Live Camera North: is located on the north side of the trees behind the station site, and is currently ON
Current View: Mt Bellview and Rustler's Gulch
You can go directly to the YouTube page by clicking here
Today's weather data for Gothic, October 22, 2019 as of 2:30 p.m. MDT
Low temperature: -4½ºC 24ºF)
High temperature: 4½ºC (40ºF)
Current temperature: 3ºC 37ºF)
Cloud cover: partly cloudy
Wind: 5-15 W
Precipitation sunset October 21 to sunrise October 22: with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00" of water content, 0.00 rain
Precipitation sunrise to sunset today: with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00" water content, 0.00 rain
Precipitation today: currently none, with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00 water, 0.00 rain
Current snow pack: 7 cm (3") , today's deepest 9 cm (3½")
Winters deepest snow pack: 10 cm (4") on October 20
Total snowfall this winter: 22 cm (8½") as of sunrise October 22
Total water content from snow (SWE) this winter: 0.93 as of sunrise October 22
Total rain this snow-year, starting Sept. 01: 0.55 as of sunrise October 22
Total precipitation for the snow year: 1.48" as of sunrise October 22
Low temperature: -4½ºC 24ºF)
High temperature: 4½ºC (40ºF)
Current temperature: 3ºC 37ºF)
Cloud cover: partly cloudy
Wind: 5-15 W
Precipitation sunset October 21 to sunrise October 22: with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00" of water content, 0.00 rain
Precipitation sunrise to sunset today: with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00" water content, 0.00 rain
Precipitation today: currently none, with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00 water, 0.00 rain
Current snow pack: 7 cm (3") , today's deepest 9 cm (3½")
Winters deepest snow pack: 10 cm (4") on October 20
Total snowfall this winter: 22 cm (8½") as of sunrise October 22
Total water content from snow (SWE) this winter: 0.93 as of sunrise October 22
Total rain this snow-year, starting Sept. 01: 0.55 as of sunrise October 22
Total precipitation for the snow year: 1.48" as of sunrise October 22
"The wind shows us how close to the edge we are". ~Joan Didion
"Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together". ~Vista M. Kelly
"Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together". ~Vista M. Kelly
What is New and other Notes: average snowfall for combined September and October is 77 cm (30½"). So far this year there has been 20 cm (8").
the average July rainfall (since 1999) is 2.48" but this July was only 1.23". Average August rainfall is 2.55" but this past summer was 0.99"
In 45 years of data only 3 winters have had the average water density end at above 8% water- they have been the past 3 winters.
added a video of an avalanche which ran on Gothic May 11 on the Photos and videos page (which has little else on it but I will work on that, a, well, some day). Best to enlarge it to full screen. It starts top left and ends bottom right.
April had the highest % water content of any winter month on record and only the 2nd month with average snowfall density over 10%. You can see the April totals on the April table.
the average July rainfall (since 1999) is 2.48" but this July was only 1.23". Average August rainfall is 2.55" but this past summer was 0.99"
In 45 years of data only 3 winters have had the average water density end at above 8% water- they have been the past 3 winters.
added a video of an avalanche which ran on Gothic May 11 on the Photos and videos page (which has little else on it but I will work on that, a, well, some day). Best to enlarge it to full screen. It starts top left and ends bottom right.
April had the highest % water content of any winter month on record and only the 2nd month with average snowfall density over 10%. You can see the April totals on the April table.
Avalanche dammed up the river in March, then the river carved a tunnel under the slide. But in warm afternoons the tunnel is too small to handle snow melt so it creates a lake behind the plug.
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Pine Marten resting in a tree, March 26
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Gothic Weather Page Index:
Home page (this page- if you lived here you'd be home already)
Current year daily weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2019
2018 weather description- daily summary for the calendar year 2018
2017 weather description- daily summary for the calendar year 2017
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 year
2018 daily data- daily weather data for the 2018 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 month by month, and snow year by snow year, since fall, 1974 in both centimeters and inches
long term water- month by month and snow year by snow year water content of the snowfall
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, 2000-2019
October- summary for October, 2000-2018
November- summary for November, 1974-2018
December- summary for December, 1974-2018
January- summary for January, 1975-2019
February- summary for February, 1975-2019
March- summaries for March, 1975-2019
April- summary for April, 1975-2019
May- summary for May, 1975-2019
June- summary for June, 2001-2019
July- summary for July, 2001-2019
August- summary for August, 2001-2019
Other Info- just a heading page for the underlying categories
animals- notes on siting and activity of winter animal life, updated May 03
avalanches- a general overlook of the snow conditions around Gothic
photos and videos- an archive of photos that were on various site pages (in progress- well, actually little there to see)
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 June 18.
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 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2019
2018 weather description- daily summary for the calendar year 2018
2017 weather description- daily summary for the calendar year 2017
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 year
2018 daily data- daily weather data for the 2018 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 month by month, and snow year by snow year, since fall, 1974 in both centimeters and inches
long term water- month by month and snow year by snow year water content of the snowfall
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, 2000-2019
October- summary for October, 2000-2018
November- summary for November, 1974-2018
December- summary for December, 1974-2018
January- summary for January, 1975-2019
February- summary for February, 1975-2019
March- summaries for March, 1975-2019
April- summary for April, 1975-2019
May- summary for May, 1975-2019
June- summary for June, 2001-2019
July- summary for July, 2001-2019
August- summary for August, 2001-2019
Other Info- just a heading page for the underlying categories
animals- notes on siting and activity of winter animal life, updated May 03
avalanches- a general overlook of the snow conditions around Gothic
photos and videos- an archive of photos that were on various site pages (in progress- well, actually little there to see)
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 June 18.
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 assistance and station set-up, and for Art Mears for advice, input and data analysis.