Big Thank You Waves & Contest Updates
Personal Donations
Special wave to Stephanie Wilson and Nancy & Craig Vogt who made a generous donations in April.
What your donation goes towards…
Your donations will help us take care of the costs of the web page, weather subscriptions and other business expenses. Most importantly it will ensure that we will be able to provide this free service for everyone for years to come. Remember, each donor will receive a Pagosa Weather Snow Depth Measurer (yardstick).
How to Donate
Desktop: Click on gold “Support Pagosa Weather” in upper right-hand column. You can choose to donate by PayPal (Send), or you can select Square to donate with a credit card.
Smart Phone: Select upper right hand menu icon (=). Scroll down to “About Us”, down menu to “Support Pagosa Weather” or find it in the grey area at bottom of page. You can choose to donate by PayPal (Send), or you can select Square to donate with a credit card.
Donate by Check: Make the check payable to: Pagosa Weather. Mail to: Pagosa Weather, 135-F Country Center Dr. #142, Pagosa Springs CO 81147
You can pick up your Pagosa Weather Snow Depth Measurer (yardstick) at San Juan Mercantile.
San Juan Mercantile is a fun store with a wide variety of items. Antiques and Collectibles, tons of Jewelry, Gifts, Handmade Treasures, Knives, Candles, Housewares, Fine Linens, Local Honey, Souvenirs, and Locally made items. It is at 523 San Juan Street, next to the Barber Shop, across the street from Plaza Liquor. Thank you, Cindy and Tom for being our store front!
Come out and meet the Pagosa Weather Team: Mark, Shawn, and I plan to be set up in front of a few of our sponsor’s store fronts this summer to meet you personally! We’ll have all the details on that sometime this month.
Mark, Shawn and I have been truly touched by the support our followers have shown for us!
Public Presentation
Pagosa Weather, Mark, Shawn and myself will be presenting a public talk at the Ruby Sisson Library on Thursday, May 26th at 6pm. We will be presenting information on how Pagosa Weather formed and why it is essential in Archuleta County. You’ll learn a little background information on us and about our web page. Finally, we’ll share information with you on the upcoming monsoon season and how it impacts our area.
Sponsors
We LOVE our Sponsors! They just amaze us with their support!
Blizzard Level
Ski & Bow Rack
Snowman Level
Jim Smith Realty
Alley House Grille
Terry’s Ace Hardware
Snowball Level
Dr. Leo Milner, Chiropractor
Peggy Andrews, Independent Real Estate Broker
Dr. Thompson, Elk Park Animal Hospital
Rosie’s Pizzeria
Our Storm Sponsor
The Springs Resort
The Springs Resort now has their own weather sensor set up, finally giving us data downtown! They also sponsored our last snowstorm of the season this month. Thank you, Jesse, TJ, and the rest of the team at The Springs Resort.

Contest Updates
Special Thanks to all the businesses that have stepped forward to sponsor our weather contests. They are a lot of fun!
We had a winner in our Weather contest for Wolf Creek’s seasonal snowfall. Phil Slusher was the winner of $50 gift certificate to Ski & Bow Rack! And Jim Laffey, Audrey Bliss, Edwin Hensle, and Ryan O. all won a Ski & Bow Rack hat!
Upcoming Contests
Hot Air Balloon Related | May 15, 2022 | Rocky Mountain Balloon Adventures |
Monsoon Season Rain | Jun 1, 2022 | Ski & Bow Rack |
First Inch of Snow | Aug 15, 2022 | Chow Down Pet Supply |
Color Fest Related | Sep 1, 2022 | The Springs Resort |
First 2 feet of Snow | Oct 15, 2022 | Lynn Guthrie, Hair Stylist |
Wolf Creek Season Snow | Nov 1, 2022 | Ski & Bow Rack |
Contest Update!
Contest Update: The Last Hard Freeze
Forecast the date and time of the LAST occurrence of 28oF at the Archuleta County Airport Stevens Field. The person with the closest guess will win a gift basket valued at more then $50 from the Choke Cherry Tree!
The Pagosa Weather Team will determine when the last hard freeze has occurred. We’ll wait till the 1st of July since hard freezes have been known to happen in June. We had a hard freeze on the morning of April 30th.
Special thanks to Jenelle, Patty, and the entire Choke Cherry Tree team for their support.

The following folks are in the running for a gift basket from the Choke Cherry:
Lisa: April 30th at 5:30 am
Danielle Thomas May 2 @ 515 am
Irene Hamburg Mueller May 3 5 am
Greg May 7, 2022, 430 am
Susanne Olson May 11, 4:30am
Roxanna Wise May 14th 1:40 a.m.
Christian Pantin May 15 @ 0530
Tomi Bliss May 17th at 3:20 am
Nathanael Ward May 17, 4am
Brian Austin: May 17 at 4:40am
Leo Milner May 18th 6:30 am
Sandra Meyn Thoma May 19, 5:30am
Stacey: May 20th @ 4:42 am
Debbie Fultz May 20, 5 am
Tina Barnes Jones May 20 6 am
Brianna Webster May 23 at 4:30am
Ellen Clark Schmidt May 23, 5:21am
Wendy Burton May 26, 5:30am
Ron Olding May 27 4:30 am
Sandy Wallek Stewart May 27, 6 am
Penny Kipley: May 28 at 5 am
Musetta Wollenweber May 28, 5:26 a.m.
Rick Holter May 28, 6:45 a.m
Starla Pribble May 31, 6:00 am
Sharilyn Knox June 1, 5:12 am
Cheri Maxwell June 2nd, 4:52 am
Nancy Green June 2, 6am
Phil Slusher June 3, 6:32 am
Randy Hays June 8, 1:30 am
Bee’sKnees Pigmentation June 6, 4:46am
Steve Voorhis June 10, 6:00am.
Jan Powers June 12, 5 am
Cherese Bergman June 15th 632 AM
Al Pfister: June 16 4am
Debbie Gunkelman June 16th, 5am
Scott Maxwell June 18th, 5:30 am
Contest Update: 75 Degrees!
Forecast the date and time that the Pagosa Airfield hits 75 degrees Fahrenheit this year. The person with the closest guess will win a $25 gift certificate for the SAGE Eatery at their new location! Thanks to Liz & Taylor & the team at the Sage Eatery for sponsoring this contest. We had a record number of guesses. So either folks are excited about warmer temperatures or excited about a Sage burger!

Audrey Bliss May 2nd. 1:45 pm
Beverly Goshern May 2nd at 2:38pm
Brittany Bedtke May 3rd 12:30pm
Kris Wolverton May 3, 12:32p
Nancy Green says: May 3, 1:10pm!
Al Pfister says: May 3 at 3:03
Stacey says: May 3rd @ 3:05 pm
Carla Fisk May 4th 12:36 pm
Beth Envani says: May 4th @ 1:42pm
Isabel Webster: May 4, 2022 @ 2:00
Christian Pantin May 4 2:44
Tonya Perry-Roberts May 4, 2022 at 4:44pm
Brittiany Newsome May 5th 2:00pm
Kay Reed May 5th 3:35pm
Michelle Juneau says: May 5th 3:45pm
Dena Laterza May 5th 4pm
Sarah Ruyle Daulton May 6 at 1:36pm
Musetta Wollenweber May 6th 2:22 p.m.
Gale Amyx says: May 6, 2022, 2:30 pm
Ilene Gauger May 7 at 2:48 pm
Lynn Sauer Robinson May 7, 2:55 pm
Susan Zoerb says: May 7 @ 3:33 pm!
Frank Snyder says: 75 F at 4:00 pm on May 7
Donna Rudford May 8th 12:00
Diane Mcclelland May 8th 3pm
Shane Durham May 10th at 2:45 pm
Jean Gibbons-Sinkey May 10th 3:27pm
Neil Umali May 11; 1pm
Lisa Piatanesi May 11 at 2:00pm
Carol A. Myerscough-Schilf May 12th at 3pm
Skyler McIver May 12 – 4pm
Casey Fisher May 13th 1:30 pm
Peggy Pike May 13th, 3p
Kelly Bicknell May 13, 3:30 PM
Pamela Sutphen May 13th 444pm
Conner Linton May 15th 1:15PM
Cynthia Goodwin May 15 2022 @230pm
Sara Lewis Collabolletta May 15th, 2:33 pm
Shannon Stanley Reiswig May 15th 3:33 pm
Justin Treptow May 16th 1pm
Matt Spencer May 16th 1:35pm
Brent Wallace MAY 17th, 1:43pm
Irene Hamburg Mueller May 18 3 pm
Warren Brown May 18, 2022 @ 3:19 pm.
Molly Sprowle May 18 3:22 pm
James De Piazza May 19th 3:43.
Eileen Martin May 20th 1pm
Bria Freeman May 20th 1:23pm
Lisa Chase May 20th 2:30
Luke And Katrina Brinton May 21st. 1:21pm
Margaret Ferrell says: May 21, 2022 at 3 pm
Jan Powers May 23, 3 pm
Barbara Swindlehurst May 25th @ 2:50 pm
Jennette Martinez May 26 2:10 pm
Krissy Gardikis May 28th @ 1:25pm.
Diane Steve Horton May 28 @ 2:48pm
Noreen Griego May 28th 3:00 pm
Frances Belarde says: May 28 3:00pm
Phil Slusher May 29th 2:49 pm
Jeff Stuckwish May 29th 3:00 pm
Nancy Lynn Carey says: May 31 @ 1:50 pm
Amanda Pedlow Baker May 31st at 3pm
Angelina Garcia says: June 1, 2022 @1:22p m
Ellen Schmidt says: June 1, 2:55pm
Diane Marquardt June 1, 3:25 pm
Sidelia Villareal June 3, 2pm
Beth Wallis Terry June 3 2:30pm
Tomi Bliss June 5th @ 2:37 pm
Sherry Livingston June 5th@ 4:20pm
Roxanna Wise June 6th 2:22 p.m.
Susanne Olson June 6 at 1:17PM
Barb Ferrell says: June 6th. 1:57 pm
Kristin Baird June 7th at 4:30pm
Aly Shanks says: 6th June 3.30pm
Jason Theis june10th 2pm
Barbara Clabaugh Pugh June 14; 3 pm
Katelyn Lopez June 16th at 12pm
Joni Martin Shirk June 17, 2 p.m.
Barb Biddick July 5 @ 5:15pm