picture above: The Kettle Ponds south of Gothic and Gothic Mountain as winter has (I think) come to an end, May 29
Today's weather: Friday, July 21: variable cloudiness overnight while staying mild, then clearing after sunrise until clouds build late morning. Mostly cloudy into the afternoon but with some clearing and staying dry. For all the afternoon clouds there has been there has not been much precipitation even with a very light late day shower.
Today's weather data for Gothic, July 21, 2017 as of 7:00 p.m. MDT
Low temperature: 5ºC (41ºF)
High temperature: 23ºC (73ºF)
Current temperature: 15ºC (59ºF) ↓
Cloud cover: mostly cloudy
Wind: 0-2 W
Barometric Pressure (adjusted to sea level): 29.86 →
Precipitation sunset July 19 to sunrise July 20 with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00 of water, with 0.00" rain
Precipitation sunrise to sunset today: with 0 cm (0") with 0.00" of water and 0.00" rain
Current Precipitation today: currently none, with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00 water content and 0.00 rain
Current snow pack: 0 cm (0") →
inters deepest snow pack: 231 cm (91") on January 13, February 28
Total snowfall this winter 990 cm (389") as of sunrise July 21
Total water content from snow this winter: 30.90" as of sunrise July 21
Total rain this snow-year, starting Sept. 01: 4.10" as of sunrise July 21
Low temperature: 5ºC (41ºF)
High temperature: 23ºC (73ºF)
Current temperature: 15ºC (59ºF) ↓
Cloud cover: mostly cloudy
Wind: 0-2 W
Barometric Pressure (adjusted to sea level): 29.86 →
Precipitation sunset July 19 to sunrise July 20 with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00 of water, with 0.00" rain
Precipitation sunrise to sunset today: with 0 cm (0") with 0.00" of water and 0.00" rain
Current Precipitation today: currently none, with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00 water content and 0.00 rain
Current snow pack: 0 cm (0") →
inters deepest snow pack: 231 cm (91") on January 13, February 28
Total snowfall this winter 990 cm (389") as of sunrise July 21
Total water content from snow this winter: 30.90" as of sunrise July 21
Total rain this snow-year, starting Sept. 01: 4.10" as of sunrise July 21
“But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand.”
― Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat
― Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat
What is New and other Notes: June data was added to the monthly summary on the June page.
June had no snow at all, not uncommon really, but only 0.10" of rain which ties it for the driest June on record (dating back only to year 2000). The June data has been added to the long term snow and long term water pages as well as the finalization of the years snow data (with the assumption that there is no snow coming in July or August).
May was yet another month from this winter with the highest density snow on record for that month, which means of the 7 winter months (November through May), this past winter had the densest snow on record in 3 months and 2nd most in one other. Very strange.
In the past 44 winters only 4 winters have averaged 7% or greater water content in the whole winter's snowfall. This past winter will be the first winter to end up with an average water density of over 8%.
snow pack dropped to bare ground on May 24. You can see ground cover data under the Data tab as this winter had 10 days less of snow cover than the average, despite being at 231 cm (91") as late as the start of March.
Interesting facts: 48% of the record high temperatures since 1975 have come in the 7 years starting with the winter of 2010-11, while 47% of the record lows came in the 10 years between 1975 and 1984. A huge 62% of record lows came in the 13 winters (out of 43) between 1976-77 and 1988-89. --Average density of snow for January is 6.04% water, and February is 6.40%. This winter January was 7.61%, 26% above average while February was 8.60%, 34% above average, in a heavy snowfall period. April snow density was the most on record for any April at 7.81%
there is a really neat link on the links page under the Other Info tab from the NOAA National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensor Centers' Interactive Snow Information page with all sort of in formation on this weather site (that I have not had the time to look at yet).
June had no snow at all, not uncommon really, but only 0.10" of rain which ties it for the driest June on record (dating back only to year 2000). The June data has been added to the long term snow and long term water pages as well as the finalization of the years snow data (with the assumption that there is no snow coming in July or August).
May was yet another month from this winter with the highest density snow on record for that month, which means of the 7 winter months (November through May), this past winter had the densest snow on record in 3 months and 2nd most in one other. Very strange.
In the past 44 winters only 4 winters have averaged 7% or greater water content in the whole winter's snowfall. This past winter will be the first winter to end up with an average water density of over 8%.
snow pack dropped to bare ground on May 24. You can see ground cover data under the Data tab as this winter had 10 days less of snow cover than the average, despite being at 231 cm (91") as late as the start of March.
Interesting facts: 48% of the record high temperatures since 1975 have come in the 7 years starting with the winter of 2010-11, while 47% of the record lows came in the 10 years between 1975 and 1984. A huge 62% of record lows came in the 13 winters (out of 43) between 1976-77 and 1988-89. --Average density of snow for January is 6.04% water, and February is 6.40%. This winter January was 7.61%, 26% above average while February was 8.60%, 34% above average, in a heavy snowfall period. April snow density was the most on record for any April at 7.81%
there is a really neat link on the links page under the Other Info tab from the NOAA National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensor Centers' Interactive Snow Information page with all sort of in formation on this weather site (that I have not had the time to look at yet).
The same Beaver ponds as those on the right, June 12
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Beaver ponds starting to open up as water flows. --Lower ponds between the road and trail 401, April 02
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Gothic Weather Page Index:
Home page (this page- if you lived here you'd be home already)
current year weather description- a daily brief written out description of the days weather
past months 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.
Data: summary page and description of data
daily data, current year- daily weather data for the current calendar year.
2016 daily data- daily weather data for the 2016 calendar year.
weekly winter summary- the past weeks weather summary and this winter's weather compared to the past 44 winters.
long term snow- snow totals by month for each month in the past 41 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
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, 2000-2016
October- summary for October, 2000-2016
November- summary for November, 1974-2016
December- summary for December, 1974-2016
January- summary for January, 1975-2017
February- summary for February, 1975-2017
March- summaries for March, 1975-2017
April- summary for April, 1975-2017
May- summary for May, 1975-2016
June- summary for June, 2001-2016
July- summary for July, 2001-2016
August- summary for August, 2001-2016
Other Info- just a heading page for the underlying categories
animals- notes on siting and activity of winter animal life, updated May 11
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 24.
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 weather description- a daily brief written out description of the days weather
past months 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.
Data: summary page and description of data
daily data, current year- daily weather data for the current calendar year.
2016 daily data- daily weather data for the 2016 calendar year.
weekly winter summary- the past weeks weather summary and this winter's weather compared to the past 44 winters.
long term snow- snow totals by month for each month in the past 41 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
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, 2000-2016
October- summary for October, 2000-2016
November- summary for November, 1974-2016
December- summary for December, 1974-2016
January- summary for January, 1975-2017
February- summary for February, 1975-2017
March- summaries for March, 1975-2017
April- summary for April, 1975-2017
May- summary for May, 1975-2016
June- summary for June, 2001-2016
July- summary for July, 2001-2016
August- summary for August, 2001-2016
Other Info- just a heading page for the underlying categories
animals- notes on siting and activity of winter animal life, updated May 11
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 24.
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 initial equipment and station set-up, and for Art Mears for advice, input and data analysis.
