picture above: April 19, with the snow pretty much gone, the earliest on record. This is what it usually looks like in late May Gothic, Bellview and Avery Mountains are shown.
Today's Weather, Saturday, September 12: partly to mostly cloudy and much warmer than the past few nights.
Live Station Cameras
Station Camera, below, is located at the weather station.
--Current view: Aspens turning on Gothic Mountain
-- 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: Aspens turning on Gothic Mountain
-- 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, September 12 at 7:10 a.m. MDT
Low temperature: 3½ºC (38ºF)
High temperature: 9ºC (48ºF)
Current temperature: 6½ºC (44ºF)
Average low temperature, September 12 is 1ºC (34ºF) (average does not include today)
Average high temperature, September 12 is 17ºC (63ºF) (average does not include today)
Cloud cover: partly cloudy
Wind: 0-1 W; today's strongest wind 10 mph W
Precipitation sunset September 11 to sunrise September 12: 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
Snowpack information for September 12:
Current snowpack: 0 cm (0")
Average snowpack at sunset September 11 is 0 cm (0")
Current snowpack 100% of average for this date (as of sunrise)
This winter's deepest snowpack: 0 cm (0") on September 01
Deepest snowpack sunset, September 11: 7 cm (3") in 2003
Lowest snowpack on this date: 0 cm (0") in 52 winters (as of sunset September 11)
Snow water content (SWE) of snowpack to the nearest half inch: 0" (2025 was 0", 2024 was 0", 2023 was 0")
Precipitation data this snow year (September 01- August 31) as of sunrise September 12
Total snowfall this winter is 0 cm (0")
Average total snowfall, at sunset, September 10, is 2 cm (1")
Total snowfall this winter is 0% of average for this date (as of sunrise)
Total water content from snowfall (SWE) this winter is 0.00"
Average water content from snow, at sunset, September 11 is 0.07"
Average water content from snowfall this winter is 0% of average (as of sunrise)
Total rain this snow-year (since Sept. 01): 0.31"
Total precipitation this snow-year: 0.31"
Kettle Ponds station, about 2.2 miles south of the station, summary for today, September 11 at 6:30 a.m. MDT (data down)
Low temperature: 1ºC (34ºF)
High temperature: 7ºC (45ºF)
Strongest wind today is 12 mph W
Low temperature: 3½ºC (38ºF)
High temperature: 9ºC (48ºF)
Current temperature: 6½ºC (44ºF)
Average low temperature, September 12 is 1ºC (34ºF) (average does not include today)
Average high temperature, September 12 is 17ºC (63ºF) (average does not include today)
Cloud cover: partly cloudy
Wind: 0-1 W; today's strongest wind 10 mph W
Precipitation sunset September 11 to sunrise September 12: 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
Snowpack information for September 12:
Current snowpack: 0 cm (0")
Average snowpack at sunset September 11 is 0 cm (0")
Current snowpack 100% of average for this date (as of sunrise)
This winter's deepest snowpack: 0 cm (0") on September 01
Deepest snowpack sunset, September 11: 7 cm (3") in 2003
Lowest snowpack on this date: 0 cm (0") in 52 winters (as of sunset September 11)
Snow water content (SWE) of snowpack to the nearest half inch: 0" (2025 was 0", 2024 was 0", 2023 was 0")
Precipitation data this snow year (September 01- August 31) as of sunrise September 12
Total snowfall this winter is 0 cm (0")
Average total snowfall, at sunset, September 10, is 2 cm (1")
Total snowfall this winter is 0% of average for this date (as of sunrise)
Total water content from snowfall (SWE) this winter is 0.00"
Average water content from snow, at sunset, September 11 is 0.07"
Average water content from snowfall this winter is 0% of average (as of sunrise)
Total rain this snow-year (since Sept. 01): 0.31"
Total precipitation this snow-year: 0.31"
Kettle Ponds station, about 2.2 miles south of the station, summary for today, September 11 at 6:30 a.m. MDT (data down)
Low temperature: 1ºC (34ºF)
High temperature: 7ºC (45ºF)
Strongest wind today is 12 mph W
Soil Temperature and Moisture Content can be seen on the soil temperature and moisture page, last updated on September 12 through September 11. The low surface (5 cm, 2 inches) soil moisture this past summer dropped to 3%, just above the 5 years low of 2%. The highest surface temperature at 5 cm deep (2") was 88.5ºF on August 17. Last year's was 91.6 on July 06. Hottest in the past 4 years was 98.3 in July 2023.
News and other Notes: (click on highlighted words to go to that table):
Did the final update for the Daily summer averages table. See you next summer on that.
The 1976-77 winter ended with total snowfall of 474 cm (186½"), which had been the least on record. The past winter of 2025-26, with 459 cm (180½"), becomes the new winter with the least amount of snowfall in any of the 52 years of data. Note that because of the much higher density of the snow, the recent winter finished with the 5th lowest water content from the winter's snow. Go to the record weather events or the record summary table to see all the extreme weather information. --There were 43 record high temperatures this winter, the most in any winter (on average each winter should have 4).
The past winter had the densest snowfall of any winter since data collection started and the first time the winter where the average ended above 9% water in snow. The long-term average is now up to 6.84%- it was at 6.42% at the end of the 2012-13 winter and has climbed since then.
Last March was a strange month that started with a record high temperature on March 02 and then followed with record highs on March 08, 09, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29 and 30 (the 19th and 20th both beat the old record highs by 11ºF and the 21st by 12ºF). There were also the warmest lows on March 22, 23 and 24. The total snowfall for March was only 16 cm (6½"), a new low record.
For a detailed hour by hour weather forecast for Gothic go to the Colorado Avalanche Information Gothic weather forecast page.
Animal sightings, as of September 12, as of 7:10 a.m. (ignore the numbers in front of the names, that is there just to make my end of day coding easier)
Did the final update for the Daily summer averages table. See you next summer on that.
The 1976-77 winter ended with total snowfall of 474 cm (186½"), which had been the least on record. The past winter of 2025-26, with 459 cm (180½"), becomes the new winter with the least amount of snowfall in any of the 52 years of data. Note that because of the much higher density of the snow, the recent winter finished with the 5th lowest water content from the winter's snow. Go to the record weather events or the record summary table to see all the extreme weather information. --There were 43 record high temperatures this winter, the most in any winter (on average each winter should have 4).
The past winter had the densest snowfall of any winter since data collection started and the first time the winter where the average ended above 9% water in snow. The long-term average is now up to 6.84%- it was at 6.42% at the end of the 2012-13 winter and has climbed since then.
Last March was a strange month that started with a record high temperature on March 02 and then followed with record highs on March 08, 09, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29 and 30 (the 19th and 20th both beat the old record highs by 11ºF and the 21st by 12ºF). There were also the warmest lows on March 22, 23 and 24. The total snowfall for March was only 16 cm (6½"), a new low record.
For a detailed hour by hour weather forecast for Gothic go to the Colorado Avalanche Information Gothic weather forecast page.
Animal sightings, as of September 12, as of 7:10 a.m. (ignore the numbers in front of the names, that is there just to make my end of day coding easier)
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Bird sightings: - birds shown below are around while those checked (√) have been seen today
(2) Stellar Jay (3) Mountain Chickadee (5) Pine Grossbeak √ (11) American Robin (12) Northern Flicker √ (13) Dark Eyed Junco (17) White Crowned Sparrow √ (18) Pine Sisken (23) Mourning Dove (24) Red Breasted Nuthatch (25) White Breasted Nuthatch (30) Red Crossbill (33) American Crow |
Mammal sightings: v= visual siting, t= tracks, a= audible
(2) Tree squirrel- a (6) chipmunk- (10) marmot- (11) golden mantled ground squirrel- (13) mule deer- (14) Red Fox- (16) Elk- (23) moose- |
"If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain" -Steven Wright
"I don't get nearly enough credit in life for the things i manage not to say" meg rosoff
"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)
"I don't get nearly enough credit in life for the things i manage not to say" meg rosoff
"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:
Sept 06, fall colors starting when looking down at the meanders on the East River.
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August 16 with the crusty and dry vegetation already moving towards early fall as you can see glimpses of yellow in the aspens
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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
2025 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2025
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 data
2025 daily data- daily weather data for the 2025 calendar year.
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, 2000-2025
November- summary for November, 1974-2025
December- summary for December, 1974-2025
January- summary for January, 1975-2026
February- summary for February, 1975-2026
March- summaries for March, 1975-2026
April- summary for April, 1975-2026
May- summary for May, 1975-2026
June- summary for June, 2001-2026
July- summary for July, 2001-2026
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. Last updated March 30
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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Home page (this page- if you lived here, you'd be home already)
Current Year, daily Description
2025 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2025
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 data
2025 daily data- daily weather data for the 2025 calendar year.
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, 2000-2025
November- summary for November, 1974-2025
December- summary for December, 1974-2025
January- summary for January, 1975-2026
February- summary for February, 1975-2026
March- summaries for March, 1975-2026
April- summary for April, 1975-2026
May- summary for May, 1975-2026
June- summary for June, 2001-2026
July- summary for July, 2001-2026
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. Last updated March 30
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).