picture above: November 01 and the 'sticks' of fall with bare trees and no green as the valley waits for snow
Today's Weather, Friday, November 14: clear and mild.
Live Station Cameras
Station Camera, below, is located at the weather station.
--Current view: Gothic Mountain
--The windy.com web page has taken the camera put it on a fast 24-hour run-through. You can clink on the station camera to see it.
-- usually if there is little to no visibility the camera will focus on either the nearby road area, the snow board, or other close views
-- you can back track on the view by up to 12 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
--The windy.com web page has taken the camera put it on a fast 24-hour run-through. You can clink on the station camera to see it.
-- usually if there is little to no visibility the camera will focus on either the nearby road area, the snow board, or other close views
-- you can back track on the view by up to 12 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
The Up Valley Camera, below, is located north of the station.
Current view: the upper East River valley
--You can go directly to the camera on the YouTube page by clicking here
--the camera will be pointed to the East River below the station whenever there is strong winter down valley wind
Today's weather data and summary for Gothic, November 14, 2025, as of 7:50 a.m. MST
Low temperature: -5ºC (23ºF)
High temperature: -3½ºC (26ºF)
Current temperature: -3½ºC (26ºF)
Average low temperature, November 14, -10ºC (14ºF) (average does not include today)
Average high temperature, November 14, 2½ºC (37ºF) (average does not include today)
Cloud cover: clear
Wind: 0-1 SW; today's strongest wind 5 mph SW
Precipitation November 13 to sunrise November 14: 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 content, 0.00" rain
Current snowpack: 0 cm (0")
Average snowpack, at sunset November 13 is 24 cm (9½")
Current snowpack 100% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
Snow water content (SWE) of snowpack to the nearest half inch: 0" (2024 was 2", 2023 was 1½")
Precipitation data this snow year (September 01- August 31) as of sunrise November 14
Winters deepest snowpack: 5 cm (2") on October 24
Total snowfall this winter: 8 cm (3")
Average total snowfall, at sunset, November 13, is 119 cm (47")
Total snowfall this winter is 93% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
Total water content from snowfall (SWE) this winter is 0.56"
Average water content from snow, at sunset, November 13, is 3.48"
Average water content from snowfall this winter is 84% below average (as of sunrise)
Total rain this snow-year (since Sept. 01): 5.46"
Total precipitation this snow-year: 6.02"
Kettle Ponds station, about 2.2 miles south of the station, summary for today, November 14 at 7:45 a.m. MST
Low temperature: -3½ºC (26ºF)
High temperature: -½ºC (31ºF)
Strongest wind today is 9 mph SW
Low temperature: -5ºC (23ºF)
High temperature: -3½ºC (26ºF)
Current temperature: -3½ºC (26ºF)
Average low temperature, November 14, -10ºC (14ºF) (average does not include today)
Average high temperature, November 14, 2½ºC (37ºF) (average does not include today)
Cloud cover: clear
Wind: 0-1 SW; today's strongest wind 5 mph SW
Precipitation November 13 to sunrise November 14: 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 content, 0.00" rain
Current snowpack: 0 cm (0")
Average snowpack, at sunset November 13 is 24 cm (9½")
Current snowpack 100% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
Snow water content (SWE) of snowpack to the nearest half inch: 0" (2024 was 2", 2023 was 1½")
Precipitation data this snow year (September 01- August 31) as of sunrise November 14
Winters deepest snowpack: 5 cm (2") on October 24
Total snowfall this winter: 8 cm (3")
Average total snowfall, at sunset, November 13, is 119 cm (47")
Total snowfall this winter is 93% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
Total water content from snowfall (SWE) this winter is 0.56"
Average water content from snow, at sunset, November 13, is 3.48"
Average water content from snowfall this winter is 84% below average (as of sunrise)
Total rain this snow-year (since Sept. 01): 5.46"
Total precipitation this snow-year: 6.02"
Kettle Ponds station, about 2.2 miles south of the station, summary for today, November 14 at 7:45 a.m. MST
Low temperature: -3½ºC (26ºF)
High temperature: -½ºC (31ºF)
Strongest wind today is 9 mph SW
Soil Temperature and Moisture Content for sunrise November 14:
The data below is just a morning snapshot comparing it to the day before. For complete data go to the soil temperature and moisture page (shown as a snow year, not a calendar year), which was last updated through November 11 (usually updated about every 5 days), as well as the links from there to the previous three years. Check out the detailed numbers on that page to see the trends. Any change (at sunrise) from the day before is shown below as ↑ going up, ↓ going down, → holding steady.
At 5 cm (2") below surface: soil temperature average 31.6ºF, ↓ soil moisture content 11% →
At 10 cm (4") below surface: soil temperature average 32.8ºF, → soil moisture content 20% →
At 20 cm (8") below surface: soil temperature average 33.7ºF, ↓ soil moisture content 23% →
At 50 cm (20") below surface: soil temperature average 37.4ºF, ↓ soil moisture content 17% →
The data below is just a morning snapshot comparing it to the day before. For complete data go to the soil temperature and moisture page (shown as a snow year, not a calendar year), which was last updated through November 11 (usually updated about every 5 days), as well as the links from there to the previous three years. Check out the detailed numbers on that page to see the trends. Any change (at sunrise) from the day before is shown below as ↑ going up, ↓ going down, → holding steady.
At 5 cm (2") below surface: soil temperature average 31.6ºF, ↓ soil moisture content 11% →
At 10 cm (4") below surface: soil temperature average 32.8ºF, → soil moisture content 20% →
At 20 cm (8") below surface: soil temperature average 33.7ºF, ↓ soil moisture content 23% →
At 50 cm (20") below surface: soil temperature average 37.4ºF, ↓ soil moisture content 17% →
What is New and other Notes: as of sunrise November 14 this winter (Sept. 01 to date) has had the least amount of snowfall of any on record with just 8 cm (3") so far, since all the precipitation in September and October (well above average) came as rain.
started the long winter months with a record high temperature on November 02 of 16½ºC (62ºF). All extreme records can be seen on the records by winter and record summaries tables
added the meager October snow data to the long term snow and the long term water from snow tables. But also added the significant amount of October rainfall to the rainfall and total precipitation table. So it was an above average month in precipitation, but it all came down as rain, not snow.
This past winter of 2024-25 was the 4th lowest total winter snowfall (573 cm, 225½") since snowfall data was started in 1974 (51 winters). The only winters with less snowfall were 1976-77 (474 cm, 186½" ), 2017-18 (490 cm, 193") and 2020-21 (561 cm, 221"), so 3 of the 4 least snow winters were in the past 7 years. It was 44th of 51 winters in water content from the fallen snow.
Last February 07 the low temperature of ½ºC (33ºF) was the first time in 51 years that there was a 24-hour low in any daily February temperature that was above freezing.
For a detailed hour by hour weather forecast for Gothic go to the Colorado Avalanche Information Gothic weather forecast page.
started the long winter months with a record high temperature on November 02 of 16½ºC (62ºF). All extreme records can be seen on the records by winter and record summaries tables
added the meager October snow data to the long term snow and the long term water from snow tables. But also added the significant amount of October rainfall to the rainfall and total precipitation table. So it was an above average month in precipitation, but it all came down as rain, not snow.
This past winter of 2024-25 was the 4th lowest total winter snowfall (573 cm, 225½") since snowfall data was started in 1974 (51 winters). The only winters with less snowfall were 1976-77 (474 cm, 186½" ), 2017-18 (490 cm, 193") and 2020-21 (561 cm, 221"), so 3 of the 4 least snow winters were in the past 7 years. It was 44th of 51 winters in water content from the fallen snow.
Last February 07 the low temperature of ½ºC (33ºF) was the first time in 51 years that there was a 24-hour low in any daily February temperature that was above freezing.
For a detailed hour by hour weather forecast for Gothic go to the Colorado Avalanche Information Gothic weather forecast page.
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Animal sightings as of November 14 at 6:50 a.m.
Bird sightings: Birds around Gothic are listed and if seen today have a √ next to them.
Stellar Jay Gray Jay Mountain Chickadee Pine Grosbeak Hairy Woodpecker Dark Eyed Junco American Crow Magpie √ Mourning Dove |
With no snow to see tracks sitings have been limited
Mammal sightings: Animal notes are v= visual, a= audio, t=track Tree squirrel- Red Fox- Least Chipmunk- Deer mouse- Mountain Vole- coyote- woodrat- pocket gopher- |
"If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain" -Steven Wright
"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
"Only the mediocre are always at their best" -Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley (Al Franken)
"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
"Only the mediocre are always at their best" -Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley (Al Franken)
Some pictures of the area:
October 09, the last gasp of fall leaves
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September 29, the East River meanders
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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:
2024 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2024
2023 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2023
2022 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2022
2021 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2021
2020 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2020
2019 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2019
2018 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2018
2017 weather description- daily written 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: data summary page
Daily data, current year, 2025
2024 daily data- daily weather data for the 2024 calendar year.
2023 daily data- daily weather data for the 2023 calendar year.
2022 daily data- daily weather data for the 2022 calendar year.
2021 daily data- daily weather data for the 2021 calendar year.
2020 daily data- daily weather data for the 2020 calendar year.
2019 Daily data- daily weather data for the 2019 calendar 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- this page has been discontinued but the data from it can be found above on the Daily Data and Summary table
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
soil temperature and moisture- temperature information from underground at four different depths as well as the moisture content of the soil at those depths
daily high temperature => freezing- this table shows the number of days over the years in each winter month where the daily high reached or surpassed freezing, the temperature 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 start from the 2000-2001 winter to current, except for snow totals which date back to 1974.
September- summary for September, 2000-2025
October- summary for October, 2000-2024
November- summary for November, 1974-2024
December- summary for December, 1974-2024
January- summary for January, 1975-2025
February- summary for February, 1975-2025
March- summaries for March, 1975-2025
April- summary for April, 1975-2025
May- summary for May, 1975-2025
June- summary for June, 2001-2025
July- summary for July, 2001-2025
August- summary for August, 2001-2025
Other Info- just a heading page for the underlying categories
animals- notes on siting and activity of winter animal life, updated May 15 as this page is active again with the start of spring
photos and videos- an archive of photos that were on various site pages (in progress- well, actually little there to see)
links- links to other web sites people may find helpful
↑ ↓ → º ½ √ ¼
Home page (this page- if you lived here, you'd be home already)
Current Year, daily Description:
2024 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2024
2023 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2023
2022 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2022
2021 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2021
2020 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2020
2019 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2019
2018 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2018
2017 weather description- daily written 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: data summary page
Daily data, current year, 2025
2024 daily data- daily weather data for the 2024 calendar year.
2023 daily data- daily weather data for the 2023 calendar year.
2022 daily data- daily weather data for the 2022 calendar year.
2021 daily data- daily weather data for the 2021 calendar year.
2020 daily data- daily weather data for the 2020 calendar year.
2019 Daily data- daily weather data for the 2019 calendar 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- this page has been discontinued but the data from it can be found above on the Daily Data and Summary table
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
soil temperature and moisture- temperature information from underground at four different depths as well as the moisture content of the soil at those depths
daily high temperature => freezing- this table shows the number of days over the years in each winter month where the daily high reached or surpassed freezing, the temperature 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 start from the 2000-2001 winter to current, except for snow totals which date back to 1974.
September- summary for September, 2000-2025
October- summary for October, 2000-2024
November- summary for November, 1974-2024
December- summary for December, 1974-2024
January- summary for January, 1975-2025
February- summary for February, 1975-2025
March- summaries for March, 1975-2025
April- summary for April, 1975-2025
May- summary for May, 1975-2025
June- summary for June, 2001-2025
July- summary for July, 2001-2025
August- summary for August, 2001-2025
Other Info- just a heading page for the underlying categories
animals- notes on siting and activity of winter animal life, updated May 15 as this page is active again with the start of spring
photos and videos- an archive of photos that were on various site pages (in progress- well, actually little there to see)
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. Also to Dan Jones for equipment assistance and station set-up; for David Inouye and Art Mears and for advice, input and data analysis; and Jessica Lundquist for the online water content of the snowpack (snow pillows).
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