Happy and Safe 4th of July from your Pagosa Weather Team! This picture was taken last year at the parade. No parade this year, but next year we will be at America’s 250th birthday/Colorado’s 150th birthday Celebration at Yamaguchi Park. (select title of post to see picture)
Friday – 4 July 2025 – 4:00pm
Included in this newsletter: Big Thank You Waves to Individual Donors & Our Sponsors; Community Outreach News; Calendar of events, CoCoRaHS and Contest Updates…
Personal Donations
Huge waves of thanks to: Steven L Scott and H K Strahlendorf who both made generous donations in June!
What your generous donation goes towards…
Your donations help us take care of our website manager, Fluid Elements, the Pagosa Weather website, commercial weather subscriptions, and other business expenses. Most importantly your donations ensure that we will be able to provide this FREE service for everyone for years to come!
To make a donation, click on this link: How to Donate. You can donate by PayPal, Visa or MasterCard through Square, or send a Check to: Pagosa Weather, 135-F Country Center Dr. #142, Pagosa Springs CO 81147. Thank you so much for your generosity!
Shawn and I have been truly touched by the support our followers have shown for us! THANK YOU!!!
Sponsors
We LOVE our Sponsors! They just amaze us with their support!
This Month’s featured sponsor: Wilderness Journeys who is Your One Stop Adventure Shop! Wilderness Journey Pagosa & A1 Taxi have been a Pagosa Weather Snowball Sponsor for almost four years!!!
Kevin, the owner, and his team realize and appreciate that the weather impacts so much of their business. They have always been very supportive of us at Pagosa Weather and we are immensely appreciative of their sponsorship!
Wilderness Journies is a locally owned and operated business that provides transportation and tours. Their sister company is Pagosa Rafting Outfitters. In addition, they have SUP and Kayak Rentals, along with Tube rentals and shuttles. Give them a call at Phone: (970) 731-4081.
Pagosa Weather visited the Wilderness Journey team last year: Driver Kelly Martinez-Warren, Arleen, Owner Kevin Metzler, Shawn, Drivers Greg Peck and Bryan Hinds
2025 Sponsors! (Click on the sponsor’s name to follow link to their website.)
Blizzard Level Sponsor: Ski & Bow Rack
Snowman Level Sponsors
Terry’s Colorado Home Supply & Ace Hardware
Snowball Level Sponsors
Peggy Andrews, Independent Real Estate Broker
Dr. Leo Milner, D.C., Chiropractic Services
Pagosa Wilderness + Pagosa Rafting Outfitters + A1Taxi
Storm Sponsor: The Springs Resort
Community Outreach!
Emergency Preparedness Workshop
Colorado State University, Archuleta County Extension in conjunction with Archuleta County Public Health Department are conducting a workshop on Emergency preparedness, Tuesday, July 15th at 5pm at the CSU Extension Building on Hwy 84.
Your Pagosa Weather Team will be there to discuss our weather and climate with the latest update on the monsoon.
This event is Free & Open to the Public.
Monsoon ’25 Outlook
The North American Monsoon is the talk of the town. On May 21st Pagosa Weather gave a presentation on the monsoon was at the Ruby Sisson Library as part of the the Lifelong Learning program.
We discussed how the North American monsoon forms and how it impacts the Southern San Juan Mountains.
Our friend and CoCoRaHS observer, Chuck was there. He videotaped the presentation for us. See the links below to view the presentation.
Pagosa Weather Monsoon Outlook May 2025 #1
Pagosa Weather Monsoon Outlook May 2025 #2
Pagosa Weather Monsoon Outlook May 2025 #3
Pagosa Weather Monsoon Outlook May 2025 #4
Pagosa Weather Monsoon Outlook May 2025 #5
Pagosa Weather Monsoon Outlook May 2025 #6
Pagosa Weather Monsoon Outlook May 2025 #7
Huge thanks to Judy and the rest of the team at the library for inviting us to talk and getting the area all set up for us!
For an update: ’25 Monsoon Forecast for Pagosa – July Update!
Pagosa Weather Calendar
- July 8th, Tuesday: Chimney Rock Youth Workshop.
- July 15th, Tuesday: Emergency Preparedness Workshop! Open & Free to Public.
- September 14th, Sunday: Vet4Vets Fly In Aviation Brief.
- September 20th/21st: Colorfest Balloon Brief.
- October ???: Snow measurement training for CoCoRaHS Observers.
- October ???: Winter Outlook event
- July 4th, 2026: America’s 250th birthday/Colorado’s 150th birthday Celebration at Yamaguchi Park. Pagosa Weather will be passing out Pagosa Weather bike water bottles (filled with water).
If any teachers or organizations would like a Pagosa Weather class or presentation, send an email to Arleen at pagosaweather@gmail.com.
CoCoRaHS Newsletter Updates
Pagosa Weather is the Archuleta County “CoCoRaHS Coordinator” and “Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador”.
HELP! Do you or do you have a friend that lives in one of the six areas highlighted below?
Archuleta County is well represented but we still have BIG data gaps. We really need a volunteer in southern Hinsdale County, west Highway 160, Arboles, Pagosa Junction, Dulce, and Upper Blanco. Sign up by filling out this web page: https://www.cocorahs.org/application.aspx. Or send us a note and we can send you more detailed information.
Perhaps, our August Newsletter will show fewer red circles!
Weather Data Lovers, CoCoRaHS has released CoCoRaHS Data Explorer, or “DEx” for short. This tool provides countless new ways to visualize and analyze data. Note: it is highly recommended to use larger screens when viewing the DEx.
Click here to go to the DEx Station Search page for data access to any station in the database. (open to the public)
The red circles are areas we could use a CoCoRaHS observer. Let us know if you can give us 5 to 10 minutes every morning to measure precip and snow. CoCoRaHS provides all the training you need.
Note: We have a part time observer in the Upper Blanco. Ricky is back for the summer & monsoon season! However, we really need a full time CoCoRaHS observer up that way to measure all those winter snows.
Pagosa Weather June SUMMARY & July Outlook
Follow to Shawn’s June Summary and my July Outlook.
Contest Updates
Special Thanks to our sponsor businesses that have stepped forward to sponsor our weather contests. They are a lot of fun!
Upcoming Contests
| Contest | Issue Date | Sponsor |
| 1st Inch of Snow | August 10th | Terry’s Ace |
| Two Feet Snow | Sep15th | Alley House |
| Wolf Creek Snow | Nov 15th | Ski &Bow Rack |
| 75 Degree | March 15th | Pagosa Mountain Sport |
Active Contest – Monsoon!!!
Forecast the amount of measured rain that the Pagosa Springs area will receive during the monsoon season. This includes the months of July, August, and September, to the nearest 100th of an inch. The monsoon started June 24th this year so that last week of June will be included.
The winner receives dinner for 2 at the Wild Finch restaurant from The Springs Resort!
The Springs Resort is also Pagosa Weather’s Storm Sponsor and are there with us through blizzards and significant monsoon storms. We are deeply grateful for their support!
Good Luck to everyone!
Bob Theodore 3.04
Bryan Weitzel 3.78
Clayton Rizzi 4.17
Paul Zeman 5.1
Mike Buckingham 5.16
Brady Turner 5.25
Troy Rettig 5.33
David Vedera 5.67
Frank Snyder 5.78
Stephanie Fluke 5.87
Ed H 6.18
Joanne Shelton 6.21
Melanie Fortner 6.25
Michelle Juneau 6.42
Peggy Andrews 6.77
Ken Rogers 6.85
Ashley Slagle 6.97
Susan Houseworth 7
Stephen Trammel 7.12
Mike Offerman 7.18
Chris Edwards 7.24
Rick Moore 7.57
Brenda Smith 7.7
Carol Holleran 7.77
Donna Lewis 7.81
Debbie Moore 8.1
Mark Langford 8.13
Phillip Slusher 8.47
Karen Vedera 8.56
Austin Marchand 8.76
Musetta Wollenweber 9.3
Jenny Yurechko 9.67
Adam Walker 10.17
Danette Vigil 10.5
Kim Page 15.73
Debra Kewley 21.5
laura Soden 100.26
Linsey Holt 125
– Arleen
