East and west Archuleta County have “extreme drought” conditions and central Archuleta County has “severe drought” conditions.
Wednesday – 3 Sep 2025 – 9am
August Summary…
The average high for Aug is 80 and the average low is 45. The record high of 97 occurred on 5 Aug 1940. The record low of 28 occurred on 30 Aug 1978. Aug precip averages 2.69″ and average snowfall is zero. August is our wettest month. Wolf Creek Pass averages 4.32″ of precip and zero snow.
At Stevens Field the highest temp was 91 on 19 Aug and the lowest temp was 41 on 4 Aug. There were 12 days with winds at or over 30mph. The strongest wind was 47mph on 26 Jul.
How did we do?
Drought and River Levels…
The US drought map on the bottom shows that much of the western US is experiencing drought conditions.
September Outlook…
The average high for Sep is 74 and the average low is 37. The record high of 98 occurred on 6 Sep 1955. The record low of 15 occurred on 27 Sep 1908. Aug precip averages 2.00″ and average snowfall is 0.20″. Wolf Creek Pass averages 4.26″ of precip and 4.1″ snow.
The precip outlook on the right shows “equal chances” for average precip.
The Euro expects the average of 2.00″ and the GFS expects more than average. Last month the Euro did much better than the GFS.
And what do we expect?
Arleen is the expert, and this is what she says…
Welcome to meteorological fall! We’re also heading into the last month of monsoon season. The earth starts to tilt away from the sun so we see general cooling. With that the subtropical ridge that supports our monsoon flow weakens. However, the eastern Pacific waters are at their warmest and tropical storm activity picks up.
August did not verify well. The GFS was way off. The Euro was closer, but it also over-forecasted precip. For the first few days of September the Euro is keeping the ridge to our west, which gives us weak northwest flow. Towards the end of the week, the ridge weakens and moves just to our east as the remnants of a tropical storm advect into our area. It will give us a nice soaking.
The rest of the month we will be under weak southwest flow with weak monsoon activity. However, given how active the eastern pacific has been this season, we could see the remnants of another system impact our area. That would put us right at average precipitation for the month. However, our temperatures will continue to be above average.
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- Shawn
