picture above: January 28, still only light snowfall as willow bushes, which are usually covered, are still well above the snowpack. Gothic, Bellview and Avery Mountains are shown.
Today's Weather, Thursday, February 12: cloudy, mild and calm with steady moderate snow overnight, heavy at times, becoming light near sunrise.
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, February 11, 12:10 p.m. MST
Low temperature: -2½ºC (27ºF)
High temperature: 1ºC (34ºF)
Current temperature: ½ºC (22ºF)
Average low temperature, February 12, -16ºC (03ºF) (average does not include today)
Average high temperature, February 12, -2ºC (28ºF) (average does not include today)
Cloud cover: cloudy
Wind: 0-2 SW; today's strongest wind 4 mph SW
Precipitation February 11 to sunrise February 12: with 22 cm (8½") new snow containing 0.56" of water content, 0.00" rain
Precipitation sunrise to sunset today: with 1 cm (½") new snow containing 0.05" water content, 0.00" rain
Precipitation today, currently: none, with 23 cm (9") new snow containing 0.61" water content, 0.00" rain
Snowpack information for February 12:
Current snowpack: 104 cm (41")
Average snowpack, at sunset February 11 is 131 cm (51½")
Current snowpack 20% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
This winter's deepest snowpack: 106 cm (41½") on February 12
Deepest snowpack this date: 222 cm (87½") in 2017
Lowest snowpack this date: 37 cm (15½") in 1977
Snow water content (SWE) of snowpack to the nearest half inch: 6" (2025 was 9", 2024 was 12", 2023 was 17½")
Precipitation data this snow year (September 01- August 31) as of sunrise February 12
Total snowfall this winter is 245 cm (96")
Average total snowfall, at sunset, February 11, is 553 cm (217")
Total snowfall this winter is 56% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
Total water content from snowfall (SWE) this winter is 8.17"
Average water content from snow, at sunset, February 11, is 14.54"
Average water content from snowfall this winter is 44% below average (as of sunrise)
Total rain this snow-year (since Sept. 01): 5.50"
Total precipitation this snow-year: 13.67"
Kettle Ponds station, about 2.2 miles south of the station, summary for today, February 12 at 11:40 a.m. MST
Low temperature: -2ºC (28ºF)
High temperature: ½ºC (33ºF)
Strongest wind today is 9 mph SW
Low temperature: -2½ºC (27ºF)
High temperature: 1ºC (34ºF)
Current temperature: ½ºC (22ºF)
Average low temperature, February 12, -16ºC (03ºF) (average does not include today)
Average high temperature, February 12, -2ºC (28ºF) (average does not include today)
Cloud cover: cloudy
Wind: 0-2 SW; today's strongest wind 4 mph SW
Precipitation February 11 to sunrise February 12: with 22 cm (8½") new snow containing 0.56" of water content, 0.00" rain
Precipitation sunrise to sunset today: with 1 cm (½") new snow containing 0.05" water content, 0.00" rain
Precipitation today, currently: none, with 23 cm (9") new snow containing 0.61" water content, 0.00" rain
Snowpack information for February 12:
Current snowpack: 104 cm (41")
Average snowpack, at sunset February 11 is 131 cm (51½")
Current snowpack 20% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
This winter's deepest snowpack: 106 cm (41½") on February 12
Deepest snowpack this date: 222 cm (87½") in 2017
Lowest snowpack this date: 37 cm (15½") in 1977
Snow water content (SWE) of snowpack to the nearest half inch: 6" (2025 was 9", 2024 was 12", 2023 was 17½")
Precipitation data this snow year (September 01- August 31) as of sunrise February 12
Total snowfall this winter is 245 cm (96")
Average total snowfall, at sunset, February 11, is 553 cm (217")
Total snowfall this winter is 56% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
Total water content from snowfall (SWE) this winter is 8.17"
Average water content from snow, at sunset, February 11, is 14.54"
Average water content from snowfall this winter is 44% below average (as of sunrise)
Total rain this snow-year (since Sept. 01): 5.50"
Total precipitation this snow-year: 13.67"
Kettle Ponds station, about 2.2 miles south of the station, summary for today, February 12 at 11:40 a.m. MST
Low temperature: -2ºC (28ºF)
High temperature: ½ºC (33ºF)
Strongest wind today is 9 mph SW
Soil Temperature and Moisture Content for sunrise February 12:
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 February 10 (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 31.7ºF, → soil moisture content 11% →
At 10 cm (4") below surface: soil temperature average 32.1ºF, → soil moisture content 17% →
At 20 cm (8") below surface: soil temperature average 32.5ºF, → soil moisture content 20% →
At 50 cm (20") below surface: soil temperature average 34.1ºF, ↓.. 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 February 10 (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 31.7ºF, → soil moisture content 11% →
At 10 cm (4") below surface: soil temperature average 32.1ºF, → soil moisture content 17% →
At 20 cm (8") below surface: soil temperature average 32.5ºF, → soil moisture content 20% →
At 50 cm (20") below surface: soil temperature average 34.1ºF, ↓.. soil moisture content 17% →
News and other Notes: (click on highlighted words to go to that table):
After record breaking numbers of weather records (seem like a broken record?) things quieted down until a tied record high on February 05. You can see the data on the records by winter and the records summary pages
Note: i will wait until after spring melt off to drop the Soil Temperature and Moisture data (just above) from this front page. After that the full data will still be found on the soil temperature and moisture link, which will be updated regularly, but removed from the home page.
The data from January 2026 has been added to the (guess which) January data page (can't fool you!). Snowfall total was half of the average and the density was above 8% water for the first time. The average low temperature was right at average while the high was warmer, just above freezing.
There were 20 days in January where the daily high reached or surpassed freezing where the average had been 8.1 days (now 8.3). This makes 19 consecutive winter months (November through May) in which the number of days at or above freezing beat the months average and also doing so an amazing 59 of the past 63 months.
The snow amounts for this January were added to the long term snow and the long-term water long term water from snow tables.
The total September through January snowfall amount is 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 due in part to the fact that almost all precipitation in September and October came as rain instead of the once regular snowfall in those months.
The big news for this winter was that it was just the fifth time it had rained in November and the first time ever in December. This winter 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 which has been updated to include January.
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 2 winters have had more record highs than this winter, and this winter has over 3½ months remaining.
For a detailed hour by hour weather forecast for Gothic go to the Colorado Avalanche Information Gothic weather forecast page.
After record breaking numbers of weather records (seem like a broken record?) things quieted down until a tied record high on February 05. You can see the data on the records by winter and the records summary pages
Note: i will wait until after spring melt off to drop the Soil Temperature and Moisture data (just above) from this front page. After that the full data will still be found on the soil temperature and moisture link, which will be updated regularly, but removed from the home page.
The data from January 2026 has been added to the (guess which) January data page (can't fool you!). Snowfall total was half of the average and the density was above 8% water for the first time. The average low temperature was right at average while the high was warmer, just above freezing.
There were 20 days in January where the daily high reached or surpassed freezing where the average had been 8.1 days (now 8.3). This makes 19 consecutive winter months (November through May) in which the number of days at or above freezing beat the months average and also doing so an amazing 59 of the past 63 months.
The snow amounts for this January were added to the long term snow and the long-term water long term water from snow tables.
The total September through January snowfall amount is 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 due in part to the fact that almost all precipitation in September and October came as rain instead of the once regular snowfall in those months.
The big news for this winter was that it was just the fifth time it had rained in November and the first time ever in December. This winter 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 which has been updated to include January.
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 2 winters have had more record highs than this winter, and this winter has over 3½ months remaining.
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 February 12 at 11:20 a.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 Common Raven Pine Grosbeak Hairy Woodpecker White Breasted Nuthatch Red Breasted Nuthatch Gray Crowned Rosy Finch |
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- 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:
February 09. Low snow on the road near the station in a wind tunnel with snow swept low and then melting
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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 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, 1975-2025
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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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, 1975-2025
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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