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Fire Weather Concerns in the Southern Plains and Southeast; Pacific System to Bring Unsettled Weather to the West Coast

Gusty winds and dry conditions will continue to bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions to the southern Plains and Southeast early this week. A Pacific storm system will bring low elevation rain and heavy high elevation mountain snow to northern and central California through early week, expanding into the Pacific Northwest, Great Basin, and southern California on Tuesday. Read More >

Valentine's Day Climatology for Eastern Utah and Western Colorado

 

Let's take a look at some "Sweet Stats" (aka Valentine's Day Climatology) for selected cities across eastern Utah and western Colorado. By far the most impressive Valentine's Day took place on February 14, 1937 when an intense snowstorm dropped 21 inches of snow in the Durango area. Another snowy year was 1990 where 9 inches of snow fell in Meeker, 7.5 inches fell in Craig, and 6.0 inches fell in Rifle. The lowest minimum temperature on Valentine's Day was -35 degrees which occurred in the Meeker area in 1895. The warmest temperature of 69 degrees occurred in Moab in 1991.

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