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, Wednesday, May 13: clear, calm and warm with clouds moving in 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, May 13, 12:05 p.m. MDT
Low temperature: -1ºC (30ºF)
High temperature: 19½ºC (67ºF)
Current temperature: 19ºC (66ºF)
Average low temperature, May 13, -3½ºC (26ºF) (average does not include today)
Average high temperature, May 13, 11½ºC (53ºF) (average does not include today)
Cloud cover: partly cloudy
Wind: 3-5 mph W, gusts to 10; today's strongest wind 11 mph W
Precipitation May 12 to sunrise May 13: 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 May 13:
Current snowpack: 0 cm (0")
Average snowpack at sunset May 12 is 55 cm (21½")
Current snowpack 0% of average for this date (as of sunrise)
This winter's deepest snowpack: 123 cm (48½") on February 20
Deepest snowpack on this date: 212 cm (83½") in 1995
Lowest snowpack on this date: 0 cm (0") in 19 winters (as of sunset May 12)
Snow water content (SWE) of snowpack to the nearest half inch: 0" (2025 was 0", 2024 was 13", 2023 was 18½")
Precipitation data this snow year (September 01- August 31) as of sunrise May 13
Total snowfall this winter is 452 cm (178")
Average total snowfall, at sunset, May 12, is 977 cm (384")
Total snowfall this winter is 54% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
Total water content from snowfall (SWE) this winter is 16.41"
Average water content from snow, at sunset, May 12 is 25.75"
Average water content from snowfall this winter is 36% below average (as of sunrise)
Total rain this snow-year (since Sept. 01): 5.67"
Total precipitation this snow-year: 22.08"
Kettle Ponds station, about 2.2 miles south of the station, summary for today, May 13 at 12:05 p.m. MDT
Low temperature: 0ºC (32ºF)
High temperature: 18½ºC (65ºF)
Strongest wind today is 13 mph W
Low temperature: -1ºC (30ºF)
High temperature: 19½ºC (67ºF)
Current temperature: 19ºC (66ºF)
Average low temperature, May 13, -3½ºC (26ºF) (average does not include today)
Average high temperature, May 13, 11½ºC (53ºF) (average does not include today)
Cloud cover: partly cloudy
Wind: 3-5 mph W, gusts to 10; today's strongest wind 11 mph W
Precipitation May 12 to sunrise May 13: 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 May 13:
Current snowpack: 0 cm (0")
Average snowpack at sunset May 12 is 55 cm (21½")
Current snowpack 0% of average for this date (as of sunrise)
This winter's deepest snowpack: 123 cm (48½") on February 20
Deepest snowpack on this date: 212 cm (83½") in 1995
Lowest snowpack on this date: 0 cm (0") in 19 winters (as of sunset May 12)
Snow water content (SWE) of snowpack to the nearest half inch: 0" (2025 was 0", 2024 was 13", 2023 was 18½")
Precipitation data this snow year (September 01- August 31) as of sunrise May 13
Total snowfall this winter is 452 cm (178")
Average total snowfall, at sunset, May 12, is 977 cm (384")
Total snowfall this winter is 54% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
Total water content from snowfall (SWE) this winter is 16.41"
Average water content from snow, at sunset, May 12 is 25.75"
Average water content from snowfall this winter is 36% below average (as of sunrise)
Total rain this snow-year (since Sept. 01): 5.67"
Total precipitation this snow-year: 22.08"
Kettle Ponds station, about 2.2 miles south of the station, summary for today, May 13 at 12:05 p.m. MDT
Low temperature: 0ºC (32ºF)
High temperature: 18½ºC (65ºF)
Strongest wind today is 13 mph W
Soil Temperature and Moisture Content for sunrise May 13:
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 May 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- once the snowpack has melted away 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 47.3ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 16% ↓
At 10 cm (4") below surface: soil temperature average 51.5ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 22% ↓
At 20 cm (8") below surface: soil temperature average 51.8ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 26% ↓
At 50 cm (20") below surface: soil temperature average 44.1ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 33% →
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 May 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- once the snowpack has melted away 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 47.3ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 16% ↓
At 10 cm (4") below surface: soil temperature average 51.5ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 22% ↓
At 20 cm (8") below surface: soil temperature average 51.8ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 26% ↓
At 50 cm (20") below surface: soil temperature average 44.1ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 33% →
News and other Notes: (click on highlighted words to go to that table):
The 1976-77 winter ended with total snowfall of 474 cm (186½"), the least on record. The current winter, as of sunrise May 13, has had 455 cm (179") unless there is more than 19 cm (7½") of new snowfall, this winter will end up 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 current winter is nowhere near the lowest water content from the winter's snow.
The first record for May was the high on May 12. Go to the record weather events or the record summary table to see all the extreme weather information. --There has been 42 record high temperatures this winter, the most in any winter (on average each winter should have 4).
April ended with the most snowfall of any month this winter but was still well below the April average. You can look at the updated long term snow table for all the monthly snow information. But it was the first month in this winter with above average water content from snowfall due to the high density of the fallen snow (like one of those little globes you shake up and watch the snow fall- well, had to get the look of winter from somewhere).
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 have been updated to include April.
Updated the table with the number of days in which it reached or passed freezing in winter months (November through May), which was every day during April. This was the 21st consecutive month to do so and 61st of the last 65 winter months.
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. 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.
The 1976-77 winter ended with total snowfall of 474 cm (186½"), the least on record. The current winter, as of sunrise May 13, has had 455 cm (179") unless there is more than 19 cm (7½") of new snowfall, this winter will end up 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 current winter is nowhere near the lowest water content from the winter's snow.
The first record for May was the high on May 12. Go to the record weather events or the record summary table to see all the extreme weather information. --There has been 42 record high temperatures this winter, the most in any winter (on average each winter should have 4).
April ended with the most snowfall of any month this winter but was still well below the April average. You can look at the updated long term snow table for all the monthly snow information. But it was the first month in this winter with above average water content from snowfall due to the high density of the fallen snow (like one of those little globes you shake up and watch the snow fall- well, had to get the look of winter from somewhere).
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 have been updated to include April.
Updated the table with the number of days in which it reached or passed freezing in winter months (November through May), which was every day during April. This was the 21st consecutive month to do so and 61st of the last 65 winter months.
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. 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.
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Animal sightings as of May 13 at 11:40 a.m.
Bird sightings: Birds around Gothic are listed and if seen today have a √ next to them.
Stellar Jay Chipping Sparrow √ American Robin √ Violet Green Swallow √ Mountain Chickadee √ Black Capped Chickadee American Crow √ Raven Dark Eyed Junco √ Red Winged Blackbird Fox Sparrow √ White Crowne Sparrow √ Northern Flicker √ Broad Tailed Hummingbird √ Mountain Bluebird √ Ruby Crowned Kinglet √ Canadian Geese √ Mallard Duck Pine Grosbeak Red Naped Sapsucker Hairy Woodpecker Downey Woodpecker 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- v Marmot- Chipmunk- v Mule Deer- 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:
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, 1975-2026
April- summary for April, 1975-2026
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, 1975-2026
April- summary for April, 1975-2026
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).