picture above: The upper East River valley, June 29. Gothic and Mt Bellview as full summer is here. For a brief moment.
Today's Weather, Tuesday, July 15: staying partly to mostly cloudy until 3 hours before sunrise, then clear and mild before clouds gradually build starting late morning. Windy and warm while becoming cloudy late afternoon but staying dry.
Live Station Cameras
The Station Camera, below, is located at the weather station.
--Current view: Gothic Mountain
--The windy.com web page has taken the camera put it on a fast 24-hour run-through. You can clink on the station camera to see it.
-- 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
--The windy.com web page has taken the camera put it on a fast 24-hour run-through. You can clink on the station camera to see it.
-- 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, July 15, 2025, as of 5:15 p.m. MDT
Low temperature: 2½ºC (37ºF)
High Temperature: 24ºC (75ºF)
Current temperature: 20ºC (68ºF)
Cloud cover: cloudy
Wind: 4-7 W, gusts to 13; today's strongest wind at 16 mph W
Precipitation sunset July 14 to sunrise July 15: 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
Current snowpack: 0 cm (0")
Average snowpack, at sunset July 14 is 0 cm (0") (from 1988 on)
Current snowpack 100% of average for this date (as of sunrise)
Snow water content (SWE) of snowpack to the nearest half inch: 0" (last year was 0", 2023 was 0")
Precipitation data this snow year (starting September 01) as of sunrise July 15
Winters deepest snowpack: 160 cm (63") on February 15
Total snowfall this winter: 573 cm (225")
Average total snowfall, at sunset, July 14, is 1020 cm (401")
Total snowfall is 44% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
Total water content from snowfall (SWE) this winter is 19.28"
Average water content from snow, at sunset, July 14, is 26.90"
Average water content from snowfall is 28% below average (as of sunrise)
Total rain this snow-year (since Sept. 01): 4.07"
Total precipitation this snow-year: 23.35"
Kettle Ponds, about 2 miles south of the station, summary for today, July 15 at 5:05 p.m. MDT
Low temperature 4ºC (39ºF)
High temperature 24ºC (75ºF)
Strongest wind today is 25 mph NW
Low temperature: 2½ºC (37ºF)
High Temperature: 24ºC (75ºF)
Current temperature: 20ºC (68ºF)
Cloud cover: cloudy
Wind: 4-7 W, gusts to 13; today's strongest wind at 16 mph W
Precipitation sunset July 14 to sunrise July 15: 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
Current snowpack: 0 cm (0")
Average snowpack, at sunset July 14 is 0 cm (0") (from 1988 on)
Current snowpack 100% of average for this date (as of sunrise)
Snow water content (SWE) of snowpack to the nearest half inch: 0" (last year was 0", 2023 was 0")
Precipitation data this snow year (starting September 01) as of sunrise July 15
Winters deepest snowpack: 160 cm (63") on February 15
Total snowfall this winter: 573 cm (225")
Average total snowfall, at sunset, July 14, is 1020 cm (401")
Total snowfall is 44% below average for this date (as of sunrise)
Total water content from snowfall (SWE) this winter is 19.28"
Average water content from snow, at sunset, July 14, is 26.90"
Average water content from snowfall is 28% below average (as of sunrise)
Total rain this snow-year (since Sept. 01): 4.07"
Total precipitation this snow-year: 23.35"
Kettle Ponds, about 2 miles south of the station, summary for today, July 15 at 5:05 p.m. MDT
Low temperature 4ºC (39ºF)
High temperature 24ºC (75ºF)
Strongest wind today is 25 mph NW
Soil Temperature and Moisture Content for sunrise July 15:
The data below is just a morning snapshot compared to the day before. For complete data go to the soil temperature and moisture page, which was last updated through July 10 (usually updated every 5 days), as well as the links from there to the previous two years. Check out the detailed numbers on that page to see the trends. Any one day change (at sunrise) is shown below as ↑ going up, ↓ going down, → holding steady.
At 5 cm (2") below surface: soil temperature average 58.5ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 05% →
At 10 cm (4") below surface: soil temperature average 62.6ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 09% →
At 20 cm (8") below surface: soil temperature average 63.0ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 10% →
At 50 cm (20") below surface: soil temperature average 55.8ºF, ↓ soil moisture content 09% →
The data below is just a morning snapshot compared to the day before. For complete data go to the soil temperature and moisture page, which was last updated through July 10 (usually updated every 5 days), as well as the links from there to the previous two years. Check out the detailed numbers on that page to see the trends. Any one day change (at sunrise) is shown below as ↑ going up, ↓ going down, → holding steady.
At 5 cm (2") below surface: soil temperature average 58.5ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 05% →
At 10 cm (4") below surface: soil temperature average 62.6ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 09% →
At 20 cm (8") below surface: soil temperature average 63.0ºF, ↑ soil moisture content 10% →
At 50 cm (20") below surface: soil temperature average 55.8ºF, ↓ soil moisture content 09% →
What is New and other Notes: June 27 is the day with the least precipitation of any day in the whole year, with the average of only 0.01 inches of water from combined snow and rain.
This past winter was the 4th lowest total winter snowfall (573 cm, 225½") of any winter since snowfall data was started in 1974 (51 winters). The only winters with less snowfall were 1976-77 (474 cm, 186½" ), 2017-18 (490 cm, 193") and 2020-21 (561 cm, 221"). It was 44th of 51 winters in water content from the fallen snow. Summer snowfall is very unlikely.
Check out the long-term snow and the long-term water from snowfall tables, done through May. Of all this past winter's months, only November, by just 2½ cm (1"), had more snow than the monthly average.
The Daily Winter Averages table, through May 31, is complete for the winter. Coming soon the daily summer averages.
There were no record extremes in May, and this concludes it for the winter months. For all extremes of winter weather go to the records by winter and the records summary tables.
With now 11 winters in a row having had below average snowfall, and only one winter in the last 14, this sadly has become the "new normal" and not just a few dry winters. The average winter snow total was at 1148 cm (452") after my first 12 winters of records (which includes the driest winter on record of 1976-77) and that average is now down to just under 402 inches.
The February 07 low temperature of ½ºC (33ºF) was the first day since September 30 with the daily low above freezing, and the first time in 51 years that there was a 24-hour low in any daily February temperature that was above freezing.
For a detailed hour by hour weather forecast for Gothic go to the Colorado Avalanche Information Gothic weather forecast page.
This past winter was the 4th lowest total winter snowfall (573 cm, 225½") of any winter since snowfall data was started in 1974 (51 winters). The only winters with less snowfall were 1976-77 (474 cm, 186½" ), 2017-18 (490 cm, 193") and 2020-21 (561 cm, 221"). It was 44th of 51 winters in water content from the fallen snow. Summer snowfall is very unlikely.
Check out the long-term snow and the long-term water from snowfall tables, done through May. Of all this past winter's months, only November, by just 2½ cm (1"), had more snow than the monthly average.
The Daily Winter Averages table, through May 31, is complete for the winter. Coming soon the daily summer averages.
There were no record extremes in May, and this concludes it for the winter months. For all extremes of winter weather go to the records by winter and the records summary tables.
With now 11 winters in a row having had below average snowfall, and only one winter in the last 14, this sadly has become the "new normal" and not just a few dry winters. The average winter snow total was at 1148 cm (452") after my first 12 winters of records (which includes the driest winter on record of 1976-77) and that average is now down to just under 402 inches.
The February 07 low temperature of ½ºC (33ºF) was the first day since September 30 with the daily low above freezing, and the first time in 51 years that there was a 24-hour low in any daily February temperature that was above freezing.
For a detailed hour by hour weather forecast for Gothic go to the Colorado Avalanche Information Gothic weather forecast page.
Daily animal sitings are done with until next fall as there are too many.
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Bird Sightings:
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Animal Sightings:
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"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:
June 15 looking down towards Avery from near Emerald Lake
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May 01, road plowed to just up the hill out of Gothic where a berm was plowed to stop cars until the road was opened
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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:
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, 2025
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, 2000-2024
October- summary for October, 2000-2024
November- summary for November, 1974-2024
December- summary for December, 1974-2024
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, 2001-2024
August- summary for August, 2001-2024
Other Info- just a heading page for the underlying categories
animals- notes on siting and activity of winter animal life, updated May 15 as this page is active again with the start of spring
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:
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, 2025
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, 2000-2024
October- summary for October, 2000-2024
November- summary for November, 1974-2024
December- summary for December, 1974-2024
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, 2001-2024
August- summary for August, 2001-2024
Other Info- just a heading page for the underlying categories
animals- notes on siting and activity of winter animal life, updated May 15 as this page is active again with the start of spring
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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