picture above: December 13, only light snowfall so far this winter, but still it looks like winter with Gothic, Bellview and Avery Mountains
Today's Weather, Wednesday, January 21: clear and cool with a few scattered clouds midmorning that clear out as it slowly warms early, then picks up late morning.
Live Station Cameras
Station Camera, below, is located at the weather station.
--Current view: 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: 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, January 21, 12:35 p.m. MST
Low temperature: -21ºC (-06ºF)
High temperature: 0½ºC (32ºF)
Current temperature: -0ºC (32ºF)
Average low temperature, January 21, -16½ºC (02ºF) (average does not include today)
Average high temperature, January 21, -4ºC (25ºF) (average does not include today)
Cloud cover: clear
Wind: 2-5 NW, gusts to 16; today's strongest wind 16 mph NW
Precipitation January 20 to sunrise January 21: 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 January 21:
Current snowpack: 59 cm (23")
Average snowpack, at sunset January 19 is 108 cm (42½")
Current snowpack 45% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
Winters deepest snowpack: 73 cm (28½") on January 08
Deepest snowpack this date: 212 cm (83½") in 2017
Lowest snowpack this date: 34 cm (13½") 1977, 1981
Snow water content (SWE) of snowpack to the nearest half inch: 4" (2025 was 7½", 2024 was 10", 2023 was 16")
Precipitation data this snow year (September 01- August 31) as of sunrise January 21
Total snowfall this winter: 184 cm (76")
Average total snowfall, at sunset, January 20, is 448 cm (176")
Total snowfall this winter is 59% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
Total water content from snowfall (SWE) this winter is 6.40"
Average water content from snow, at sunset, January 20, is 11.88"
Average water content from snowfall this winter is 46% below average (as of sunrise)
Total rain this snow-year (since Sept. 01): 5.50"
Total precipitation this snow-year: 11.90"
Kettle Ponds station, about 2.2 miles south of the station, summary for today, January 21 at 6:55 a.m. MST
Low temperature: -18ºC (0ºF)
High temperature: 0ºC (32ºF)
Strongest wind today is 18 mph NW
Low temperature: -21ºC (-06ºF)
High temperature: 0½ºC (32ºF)
Current temperature: -0ºC (32ºF)
Average low temperature, January 21, -16½ºC (02ºF) (average does not include today)
Average high temperature, January 21, -4ºC (25ºF) (average does not include today)
Cloud cover: clear
Wind: 2-5 NW, gusts to 16; today's strongest wind 16 mph NW
Precipitation January 20 to sunrise January 21: 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 January 21:
Current snowpack: 59 cm (23")
Average snowpack, at sunset January 19 is 108 cm (42½")
Current snowpack 45% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
Winters deepest snowpack: 73 cm (28½") on January 08
Deepest snowpack this date: 212 cm (83½") in 2017
Lowest snowpack this date: 34 cm (13½") 1977, 1981
Snow water content (SWE) of snowpack to the nearest half inch: 4" (2025 was 7½", 2024 was 10", 2023 was 16")
Precipitation data this snow year (September 01- August 31) as of sunrise January 21
Total snowfall this winter: 184 cm (76")
Average total snowfall, at sunset, January 20, is 448 cm (176")
Total snowfall this winter is 59% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
Total water content from snowfall (SWE) this winter is 6.40"
Average water content from snow, at sunset, January 20, is 11.88"
Average water content from snowfall this winter is 46% below average (as of sunrise)
Total rain this snow-year (since Sept. 01): 5.50"
Total precipitation this snow-year: 11.90"
Kettle Ponds station, about 2.2 miles south of the station, summary for today, January 21 at 6:55 a.m. MST
Low temperature: -18ºC (0ºF)
High temperature: 0ºC (32ºF)
Strongest wind today is 18 mph NW
Soil Temperature and Moisture Content for sunrise January 21:
The data below is just a morning snapshot comparing it to the day (or two, in winter) 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 January 20 (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- in summer it changes daily but in winter barely at all. Any change (at sunrise) from the day before (below) is shown below as ↑ going up, ↓ going down, → holding steady.
At 5 cm (2") below surface: soil temperature average 31.9ºF, → soil moisture content 12% ↓..
At 10 cm (4") below surface: soil temperature average 32.4ºF, → soil moisture content 18% ↓.
At 20 cm (8") below surface: soil temperature average 32.8ºF, ↓.. soil moisture content 21% →
At 50 cm (20") below surface: soil temperature average 34.6ºF, ↓.. soil moisture content 17% →
The data below is just a morning snapshot comparing it to the day (or two, in winter) 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 January 20 (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- in summer it changes daily but in winter barely at all. Any change (at sunrise) from the day before (below) is shown below as ↑ going up, ↓ going down, → holding steady.
At 5 cm (2") below surface: soil temperature average 31.9ºF, → soil moisture content 12% ↓..
At 10 cm (4") below surface: soil temperature average 32.4ºF, → soil moisture content 18% ↓.
At 20 cm (8") below surface: soil temperature average 32.8ºF, ↓.. soil moisture content 21% →
At 50 cm (20") below surface: soil temperature average 34.6ºF, ↓.. soil moisture content 17% →
News and other Notes: (click on highlighted words to go to that table):
As of sunrise January 20 only two previous winters have had less snow on the ground than this one.
January started where December left off with the new record high for January 04, but there was a change with a tie for the record low on January 10- the first low of the winter. This was followed by a record highs the next 4 days to make 5 so far this month. You can see this on the records by winter and the records summary pages
The total September through December snowfall amount was the 2nd least amount of snowfall in all the 52 years of my data collection for this time period, only behind the infamous winter of 1976-77. This was partly due to the fact that almost all precipitation in September and October came as rain instead of the once regular snowfall in those months, and then the only time in all the years that it rained in December
The big news for this winter was that it was just the fifth time it had rained in November and just the first time in December. This is not nearly the bottom of total precipitation due to all the rain there was in September and October, but none of that is part of the winter snowpack. You see this this in the total rainfall and total precipitation tables.
There were record highs on December 11, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and ending the month with one last one on the 31st. Also for the month was the warmest lows on December 19 and 24. The December 23 record high beat the previous high for that date by 8ºF and the December 24 by 9ºF. All extreme records can be seen on the records by winter and record summaries tables. Only 3 winters have had more record highs than this winter, and this winter has 4½ months remaining. What took place this month was unheard of and hard to fathom.
For a detailed hour by hour weather forecast for Gothic go to the Colorado Avalanche Information Gothic weather forecast page.
As of sunrise January 20 only two previous winters have had less snow on the ground than this one.
January started where December left off with the new record high for January 04, but there was a change with a tie for the record low on January 10- the first low of the winter. This was followed by a record highs the next 4 days to make 5 so far this month. You can see this on the records by winter and the records summary pages
The total September through December snowfall amount was the 2nd least amount of snowfall in all the 52 years of my data collection for this time period, only behind the infamous winter of 1976-77. This was partly due to the fact that almost all precipitation in September and October came as rain instead of the once regular snowfall in those months, and then the only time in all the years that it rained in December
The big news for this winter was that it was just the fifth time it had rained in November and just the first time in December. This is not nearly the bottom of total precipitation due to all the rain there was in September and October, but none of that is part of the winter snowpack. You see this this in the total rainfall and total precipitation tables.
There were record highs on December 11, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and ending the month with one last one on the 31st. Also for the month was the warmest lows on December 19 and 24. The December 23 record high beat the previous high for that date by 8ºF and the December 24 by 9ºF. All extreme records can be seen on the records by winter and record summaries tables. Only 3 winters have had more record highs than this winter, and this winter has 4½ months remaining. What took place this month was unheard of and hard to fathom.
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 January 21 at 12:10 p.m.
Bird sightings: Birds around Gothic are listed and if seen today have a √ next to them.
Stellar Jay √ Canadian (Gray) Jay Mountain Chickadee √ Black Capped Chickadee American Crow √ Black billed Magpie √ Pine Grosbeak Hairy Woodpecker White Breasted Nuthatch Gray Crowned Rosy Finch |
Mammal sightings: Animal notes are v= visual, a= audio, t=track Tree squirrel- t Red Fox- Deer mouse- show shoe hare- long tailed weasel- short tailed weasel- Moose- pine martin- coyote- |
"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:
December 18, the backside of Gothic looking towards Crested Butte Mountain
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January 18, the weather station, whether there is weather or not
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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 2024
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 2024 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, 1975-2025
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, no update this winter- i forgot about it. Wil try soon
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:
2025 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2024
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 2024 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, 1975-2025
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, no update this winter- i forgot about it. Wil try soon
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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