The Pagosa Weather Team enjoying the sunset before the Chamber of Commerce Gala. Arleen & Shawn were honored to be selected as Citizens of the Year! Kenny, Bryan & Jane, Chris & Debbie, Arleen & Shawn (Select title of post to see picture)
Monday – 2 March 2026 – 3:00pm
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: Juanita Simmons, Rich McGuire, Edwin Hensle, Sandra & Darin Dillon, Barbara Pugh, Leslie Sharp, Stephen Link, Donna Huffman who made a generous donations in February! Thank you!!!
What your generous donation goes towards…
Your donations help us pay for our website manager, Do Engelhardt at 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, Square with Visa or MasterCard, or DAF Direct. Checks can be made out and mailed to: Pagosa Weather, 56 Talisman Dr Unit 3, PMB 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: Dr. Leo Milner, D.C., Chiropractor Services, was a sponsor before we had a sponsor program. The Pagosa Weather, the nonprofit, will be five years old this month.
Five years ago as we were awaiting approval as a nonprofit, we were contacted by Dr. Milner. He was an active follower of Pagosa Weather and a science enthusiast. He wanted to sponsor the nonprofit! So I had to design a program… He has been a supportive and loyal Snowball Sponsor for five years now and a CoCoRaHS observer.
We turn to him every few weeks to adjust our degenerative backs, after shoveling snow, snowboarding falls, mountain bike spills and other tumbles have us walking a little stiff and sideways.
Thank you, Leo, for all your support!
2026 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!
Pagosa Springs Chamber of Commerce Gala
The Gala is an evening of live music, delicious food, a cash bar, silent auction, and the presentation of the Community Award winners. It is the best networking event of the year!
Shawn and I were honored to be recognized as Citizens of the Year because of our work with Pagosa Weather! It was wonderful to be there and be part of an event that recognized so many wonderful businesses including our Blizzard sponsor, Ski and Bow Rack, who was recognized as small business of the year. In addition other nonprofit organizations and so many dedicated individuals were recognized. We’re so proud to be part of the Pagosa Springs Community!
Huge thanks to the rest of the Pagosa Weather team; our nonprofit board (Udgar, Deborah, Jane, Debbie, Kenny), our website manager Do, all our CoCoRaHS observers, and all of you, our Followers!
The wonderful Chamber director Sandy Douthey closed the evening out by leading everyone in a snow-dance! It worked! A few days later we had the best snow storm of the year!!!
Snowtology
The snowtology team hurried back out to the study site a few days after the snow ended to capture the best snow of the year so far.
Arleen & Shawn’s Pagosa Weather Anniversary
Shawn and I celebrated being with Pagosa Weather seven years last month. We joined Pagosa Weather (when it was just a Facebook blog) and Todd Cook on February 23rd, 2019. Todd left for Idaho soon after. Though we continue to collaborate & geek out on weather together.
Pagosa Weather has grown quite a bit in those seven years. In 2019, Pagosa Weather Facebook had just over 3,000 followers. Now we have over 17,000 followers. We send out over 1,000 emails each time we update a post. And we have a website and are a nonprofit with a robust community outreach program.
The website stood up on March 19th, 2021! That is also that date we officially became a nonprofit. So we’ll be celebrating both of those five year anniversaries this month.
St Patrick’s Day Parade
The “world’s shortest” St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Pagosa Springs is scheduled for Saturday, March 14th, 2026, at 11:15am at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church (225 S. Pagosa Blvd). The event features a festive, short parade with green-clad participants, bagpipers, and, on-site vendors, plus free hot food from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Pagosa Weather will be there with a booth! We’ll be set up by 10:30. Come on by and say hello! Tommy, our mascot will be there, too.
Pagosa Weather Calendar News
- March 9th, Monday: Fire Weather Training, Pagosa District
- March 14th, Saturday: St Patrick’s Day Parade, Pagosa Weather will be there with a booth, selling hats & giving away Pagosa Weather memorabilia. Look for Shawn in the parade!
- March 24th, Tuesday: Fire Weather Training, Bayfield District
- April 17th, Friday: Chimney Rock Interpretive Association, Thunderstorm safety training.
- April 26th, Sunday: Earthday! Pagosa Weather will be there with a fun weather demo!
- June 12th & 13th. Pagosa Springs 17th Annual Car Show 2026. Friday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM & Saturday, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM. We’ll have a weather forecast out the week before.
- July 4th, 2026: America’s 250th birthday/Colorado’s 150th birthday Celebration, Yamaguchi Park. Pagosa Weather will have a booth with the story of weather history and will be passing out Pagosa Weather bike water bottles (filled with water).
- July 2nd – 5th: Park 2 Park Artisan & Food Market. We’ll have a weather forecast out the week before.
- August 15th: Grillin & Distillin. We’ll have a weather forecast out the week before.
- September 18th-20th: Colorfest! We’ll provide Aviation weather briefs and we’ll have a weather forecast out the week before.
- Pagosa Weather Winter Weather Wonder… Exact date in mid-November to be determined.
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 April 2026 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.
Pagosa Weather February SUMMARY & March Outlook News
Shawn’s February SUMMARY & my March Outlook: Follow Link
Contest Updates
Special Thanks to our sponsor businesses that have stepped forward to sponsor our weather contests. They are a lot of fun! The 75 degree temperature contest will be out soon!
Upcoming Contests
| Contest | Issue Date | Sponsor |
| 75 Degree | March 15th | Pagosa Mountain Sport |
| Monsoon | May 15th | The Springs Resort |
Active Contest – First 24″ of Snow Winter 2023/2024
Forecast the date and time we measure 24” of snow depth on the ground. The person with the closest guess will get a $100 gift certificate to Alley House! Note: This contest is closed to any new guesses.
The Pagosa Weather Team will determine and verify the 24 inches of snow. The verification area is located about 7 miles north of Pagosa in O’Neal Park just off of North Piedra, past the two cattle guards at 8,030 feet elevation. Let’s have fun and support our local businesses!
Huge “Thanks” to Joni, Martin, Landon, Alisa and the entire team at Alley House for their support and sponsoring this contest!
Good Luck to everyone!
3/1/2026 5:30 Marlys Nelson
3/2/2026 9:30 Karen Fulghum
3/3/2026 10:00 Mike Buckingham
3/13/2026 Lindsey Rios
3/16/2026 11:30 Katherine Yoklavich
Wolf Creek Seasonal Snowfall Weather Contest!
Forecast the total seasonal snowfall for Wolf Creek Ski Area on their final day of operations in 2026. The person with the closest guess wins a $50 gift certificate from SKI & BOW RACK!!! In addition, Ski & Bow Rack has offered HATS for the next closest guesses!
The ski area has had just 164″ of snow as of February 1st, 2026.
Huge thanks to Brittany & Robert and the rest of the team at Ski & Bow Rack for the support of our weather contests and for being our Blizzard level sponsor!
*The ski resort average is 360”. Their final day of normal operation is expected to be in early April 2026.*
Good luck to everyone!
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| 205 | Mike | Herdina |
| 287 | John | Farley |
| 290 | Mike | Buckingham |
| 293 | Ed | H |
| 297 | Gina | Doherty |
| 298 | Jane | Baker |
| 305 | Kim | Offerman |
| 308 | Irene | Mueller |
| 310 | Kris | Bos |
| 321 | Joan | Scott |
| 340 | Angel | Gutierrez |
| 345 | Mark | Langford |
| 356 | Dorothy | Matthews |
| 359 | Lisa | Vail |
| 363 | Phillip | Slusher |
| 363 | Janet | Pentis |
| 366 | Jeff | Witten |
| 367 | Joanne | Shelton |
| 376 | Meg | Wempe |
| 377 | Lisa | Gamber |
| 379 | Robert | BENCY |
| 379 | Robert | Bency |
| 383 | Troy | Rettig |
| 386 | Amanda | Gadomski |
| 387 | Brady | Turner |
| 389 | Brett | Anderson |
| 391 | Patty | Mallory |
| 401 | Katherine | Yoklavich |
| 402 | Dave | Vedera |
| 402 | Bryan | Weitzel |
| 405 | Jake | Cummins |
| 405 | Gerry | Whitlow |
| 406 | Michelle | Juneau |
| 407 | Eric | Lewis |
| 411 | Carol | Peterson |
| 412 | Steve | Wilson |
| 412 | Musetta | Wollenweber |
| 420 | Suzanne | Coe |
| 424 | Pamela | Knoche |
| 426 | Tina | Edwards |
| 429 | Mike | Offerman |
| 430 | Kate | Porter |
| 434 | Daniel | Fiedler |
| 439 | Marcus | Bourgart |
| 444 | Suzanne | Coe |
| 455 | Jared | Payne |
| 477 | Laura | Jones |
| 478 | Kenny | Rogers |
| 492 | Mary | Stokes |
| 526 | Julia | Kuzmina |
