picture above: March 08, and still only light snowfall- all winter. By this time in winter, at least for a decade or two and beyond in the past, i would be skiing across this meadow (for safety and as a shortcut) as these willow bushes would have been covered. Now getting through them would be a maze. Gothic, Bellview and Avery Mountains are shown.
Today's Weather, Thursday, April 16: Partly cloudy to clear and mild overnight. Clear and warming rapidly early, then partly cloudy and windy by midmorning. Heating slows in the afternoon and it becomes cloudy and windy though it still gets into the 50'sºF as the winter snowpack drops to zero- the earliest on recond.
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, April 16, 6:20 p.m. MDT
Low temperature: -6ºC (21ºF)
High temperature: 10½ºC (521ºF)
Current temperature: 6½ºC (44ºF)
Average low temperature, April 17, -6½ºC (20ºF) (average does not include today)
Average high temperature, April 17, 6½ºC (44ºF) (average does not include today)
Cloud cover: cloudy
Wind: 6-10 mph W, gusts to 18; today's strongest wind 22 mph W
Precipitation April 15 to sunrise April 16: 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 April 16:
Current snowpack: 0 cm (0")
Average snowpack at sunset April 15 is 120 cm (47")
Current snowpack 97% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
This winter's deepest snowpack: 123 cm (48½") on February 20
Deepest snowpack this date: 225 cm (88½") in 1980
Lowest snowpack this date: 5 cm (2") in 2026 (as of sunset April 15)
Snow water content (SWE) of snowpack to the nearest half inch: 0" (2025 was 13½", 2024 was 21½", 2023 was 27½")
Precipitation data this snow year (September 01- August 31) as of sunrise April 16
Total snowfall this winter is 413 cm (162")
Average total snowfall, at sunset, April 14, is 866 cm (341")
Total snowfall this winter is 52% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
Total water content from snowfall (SWE) this winter is 14.67"
Average water content from snow, at sunset, April 15 is 22.80"
Average water content from snowfall this winter is 36% below average (as of sunrise)
Total rain this snow-year (since Sept. 01): 5.59"
Total precipitation this snow-year: 20.26"
Kettle Ponds station, about 2.2 miles south of the station, summary for today, April 16 at 12:10 p.m. MDT
Low temperature: -4½ºC (24ºF)
High temperature: 9ºC (48ºF)
Strongest wind today is 25 mph W
Low temperature: -6ºC (21ºF)
High temperature: 10½ºC (521ºF)
Current temperature: 6½ºC (44ºF)
Average low temperature, April 17, -6½ºC (20ºF) (average does not include today)
Average high temperature, April 17, 6½ºC (44ºF) (average does not include today)
Cloud cover: cloudy
Wind: 6-10 mph W, gusts to 18; today's strongest wind 22 mph W
Precipitation April 15 to sunrise April 16: 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 April 16:
Current snowpack: 0 cm (0")
Average snowpack at sunset April 15 is 120 cm (47")
Current snowpack 97% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
This winter's deepest snowpack: 123 cm (48½") on February 20
Deepest snowpack this date: 225 cm (88½") in 1980
Lowest snowpack this date: 5 cm (2") in 2026 (as of sunset April 15)
Snow water content (SWE) of snowpack to the nearest half inch: 0" (2025 was 13½", 2024 was 21½", 2023 was 27½")
Precipitation data this snow year (September 01- August 31) as of sunrise April 16
Total snowfall this winter is 413 cm (162")
Average total snowfall, at sunset, April 14, is 866 cm (341")
Total snowfall this winter is 52% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
Total water content from snowfall (SWE) this winter is 14.67"
Average water content from snow, at sunset, April 15 is 22.80"
Average water content from snowfall this winter is 36% below average (as of sunrise)
Total rain this snow-year (since Sept. 01): 5.59"
Total precipitation this snow-year: 20.26"
Kettle Ponds station, about 2.2 miles south of the station, summary for today, April 16 at 12:10 p.m. MDT
Low temperature: -4½ºC (24ºF)
High temperature: 9ºC (48ºF)
Strongest wind today is 25 mph W
Soil Temperature and Moisture Content for sunrise April 16:
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 April 15 (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 33.0ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 27% ↓
At 10 cm (4") below surface: soil temperature average 33.5ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 29% →
At 20 cm (8") below surface: soil temperature average 33.5ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 32% →
At 50 cm (20") below surface: soil temperature average 33.6ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 36% ↑
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 April 15 (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 33.0ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 27% ↓
At 10 cm (4") below surface: soil temperature average 33.5ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 29% →
At 20 cm (8") below surface: soil temperature average 33.5ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 32% →
At 50 cm (20") below surface: soil temperature average 33.6ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 36% ↑
News and other Notes: (click on highlighted words to go to that table):
As of sunset April 16 this winter has had the least total snowfall to date than any other winter by 8 cm (3") now ahead (or behind, really) the long-time, low-end, champ winter of 1976-77. A race to the end it seems.
Record weather events in April start with a surprising one given this winter, the most snow on any April 01, but then the records for the lowest snowpack on a given date started back up again. Then record high temperatures on April 06 and 10 and the warmest low on April 12. There have now been 39 record highs this winter, the most in any winter (on average each winter should have 4).
March ended with 30 of the 31 days where the high temperature was at or above freezing, the most number in any March and well above the long-term average of 19 days. Also added in the snowfall and the water from snowfall to those tables and updated the rainfall and the total precipitation tables. The total snowfall for March was only 16 cm (6½"), a new low record.
March started with a record high temperature on March 02 and then followed it with record highs the March 08, 09, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29 and 30 (the 19th and 20th both beat the old record high by 11ºF and the 21st by 12ºF). There were also the warmest lows on March 22, 23 and 24. You can see all the data on the records by winter and the records summary pages. In all the numbers maybe the most telling are the summary numbers for March breaking pretty much every dry and hot weather record for any of the past 52 years' totals. There were the warmest average low and warmest average high temperatures, the least total snowfall and least total water from that snowfall, and the second lowest average snowpack through the month.
One of the many big events for this winter's weather was that it was just the fifth time it had rained in November and the first time ever in December, this after almost all the September and October precipitation was as rain instead of historically coming as snow. This winter is not nearly the bottom of total precipitation due to all the rain in the fall, but none of that is part of the winter snowpack. You can see this in the total rainfall and total precipitation tables which has been updated to include February.
For a detailed hour by hour weather forecast for Gothic go to the Colorado Avalanche Information Gothic weather forecast page.
As of sunset April 16 this winter has had the least total snowfall to date than any other winter by 8 cm (3") now ahead (or behind, really) the long-time, low-end, champ winter of 1976-77. A race to the end it seems.
Record weather events in April start with a surprising one given this winter, the most snow on any April 01, but then the records for the lowest snowpack on a given date started back up again. Then record high temperatures on April 06 and 10 and the warmest low on April 12. There have now been 39 record highs this winter, the most in any winter (on average each winter should have 4).
March ended with 30 of the 31 days where the high temperature was at or above freezing, the most number in any March and well above the long-term average of 19 days. Also added in the snowfall and the water from snowfall to those tables and updated the rainfall and the total precipitation tables. The total snowfall for March was only 16 cm (6½"), a new low record.
March started with a record high temperature on March 02 and then followed it with record highs the March 08, 09, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29 and 30 (the 19th and 20th both beat the old record high by 11ºF and the 21st by 12ºF). There were also the warmest lows on March 22, 23 and 24. You can see all the data on the records by winter and the records summary pages. In all the numbers maybe the most telling are the summary numbers for March breaking pretty much every dry and hot weather record for any of the past 52 years' totals. There were the warmest average low and warmest average high temperatures, the least total snowfall and least total water from that snowfall, and the second lowest average snowpack through the month.
One of the many big events for this winter's weather was that it was just the fifth time it had rained in November and the first time ever in December, this after almost all the September and October precipitation was as rain instead of historically coming as snow. This winter is not nearly the bottom of total precipitation due to all the rain in the fall, but none of that is part of the winter snowpack. You can see this in the total rainfall and total precipitation tables which has been updated to include February.
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 April 16 at 3:45 p.m.
Bird sightings: Birds around Gothic are listed and if seen today have a √ next to them.
Stellar Jay American Robin √ Mountain Chickadee √ Black Capped Chickadee American Crow √ Raven √ Dark Eyed Junco √ Fox Sparrow √ Song Sparrow √ Northern Flicker √ Mountain Bluebird Ruby Crowned Kinglet √ Canadian Goose √ Mallard Duck Pine Grosbeak Hairy Woodpecker Red Naped Sapsucker White Breasted Nuthatch Red Breasted Nuthatch |
Mammal sightings: Animal notes are v= visual, a= audio, t=track Tree squirrel- Red Fox- Deer mouse- show shoe hare- long tailed weasel- short tailed weasel- Golden Mantled Grouind Squirrel- Marmot- Chipmunk- t Moose- pine martin- |
"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:
April 05. The beaver dam on the East River has held up with just the low run-off from low snowpack
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February 20, after months of no winter, it seemed to have arrived, but briefly
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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, 1975-2025
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. 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, 1975-2025
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. 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).
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