We love visiting the kindergarten classes! More pictures below (select title of post to see picture)
Saturday – 1 March 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 folks who made donations in February! Special waves of thanks to: Catherine LaCrosse, Ed Hensle & Kristi Nolan, Ty & Marianne Carroll, and the kind lady at the Ski & Bow Rack talk who slipped us an anonymous donation.
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!
Arleen & Shawn visited the Pagosa Springs Medical Center Emergency Medical Team this month. We’ll have a full post on these dedicated first responders sometime next week. We’re thankful to PSMC for being one of our Snowman level sponsors.
2025 Sponsors! (Click on the sponsor’s name to follow 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! February was a very busy month! It was so good to see and meet so many of you out in the community!
An Evening with Pagosa Weather & Ski Patrol
Our Blizzard Sponsor, Ski & Bow Rack, hosted an evening with Pagosa Weather on February 13th, the night before our Valentines Day storm hit. Arleen talked about what it takes for snow to happen here and what has been keeping the snow out of our area. Then Shawn was able to show everyone live images of satellite, radar, and current model products for the snowstorm that was moving in. We both talked about what the rest of the winter is looking like and how it compares to recent bad winters.
The talk was a lot of fun and we really appreciated the 50+ folks who came out to after-hours Ski & Bow Rack.
Huge thanks to Brittany & Robert, Catherine, and the rest of the team at Ski & Bow Rack for hosting the event and for being our Blizzard level sponsor!
Huge thanks to all our followers for snow updates and posting pictures during our Valentine’s Day storm! Also, Huge THANKS to The Springs Resort for sponsoring the Valentines Day storm.
David came to our talk & took home a yardstick to measure 9″ of snow the next day. He was visiting his parents and had his first-ever experience to shoveling SNOW!
Lutheran Kindergarten Class
This was the third year that we have visited Susan Beaird’s kindergarten class. We always have such fun with these little scientists. We are amazed at their questions and their stories.
We did pressure, cloud, wind, and static electricity experiments. As always, learning about winds with bubbles was very popular!
Chamber of Commerce Gala! 2025 Annual Chamber Community Awards!
Pagosa Weather is proud to be a trade member of the Pagosa Springs Chamber of Commerce. We support them in providing weather forecasts and promoting community events including Winterfest, The Car Show, 4th of July, and Colorfest events.
Arleen and her friend Jenny attended the Pagosa Springs Chamber Annual Community Awards Gala that recognizes Volunteer of the Year, Non-Profit of the Year, Small Business of the Year, and Citizen of the Year.
This year we also celebrated Mary Jo Coulehan’s final gala as the Chamber’s director. Pagosa Weather is very thankful to her support and guidance over the years.
Visit to Sherpa Realty
Jim Smith Realty merged with Sherpa Realty in November of 2024. Jim Smith, after 37 years of service in Pagosa Springs, is finally retiring. Though on some days, such as the day we visited, he can still be found in the downtown office.
Pagosa Weather often uses what is now the Sherpa Realty webcam. The webcam is a great way to monitor the weather. Arleen and Shawn visited the Sherpa Realty downtown office recently to discuss the webcam views. We met with West Davies and Jim Smith. We really appreciate the time they spent with us and their willingness to make changes to help improve our weather monitoring.
We may work with West and Sherpa Realty on another webcam project in the future. Stay tuned for all the details on that!
Pagosa Weather Calendar
- March 15th, Saturday, 10am-2pm: St Patrick’s Parade – Booth with weather experiment
- April 19th, Saturday, 10am-2pm: Earth Day– Cloud demonstrations or other fun weather experiment!
- April, 2025: Weather demonstration at Pagosa Springs Elementary School – Kindergarten
- May 21st, Wednesday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm: Monsoon ’24 Outlook, Ruby Sisson Library.
- July 4th: 4th of July Parade! Maybe… The event is still in flux.
- October: CoCoRaHS – Snow training
- November: Winter Outlook event
If any teachers or organizations would like us to visit for a 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”.
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)
HELP! Do you or do you have a friend that lives in one of the four areas highlighted below?
Archuleta County is well represented but we still have BIG data gaps. We really need a volunteer in Arboles, Dulce, west on Highway 160, and Pagosa Junction. 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 Newsletter will show fewer red circles!
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 January SUMMARY & February Outlook
Shawn’s February Summary with my March Outlook will be out in the next few days.
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 |
| 75 Degrees | Mar 15th | Pagosa Mountain Sport |
| Monsoon | May 15th | The Springs Resort |
| 1st Inch of Snow | July 15th | Terry’s Ace |
| Two Feet Snow | Sep15th | Alley House |
| Wolf Creek Snow | Nov 15th | Ski &Bow Rack |
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. The deepest snow depth to date has been 6 inches.
Huge “Thanks” to Joni, Martin, Corey, Dana, Jim, and the entire team at Alley House for their support and sponsoring this contest! Let’s have fun and support our local businesses!
Only a few of you left in this contest. Let it SNOW! Let it SNOW! We can still do this though the chances are getting less.
2/25/2025 16:00 Debra Wallen
3/10/2025 8:00 Christian Cornish
6/16/2025 6:30 Michael Bobbitt
Active Contest:
Forecast the Total Seasonal Snowfall for Wolf Creek Ski Area on their final day of operation. Note: this contest is closed to new guesses.
The person with the closest guess will win a $50 gift certificate for SKI & BOW RACK!!! In addition, Ski & Bow Rack has offered HATS for the next closest guesses!
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!
As of today, March 1st, 2025, Wolf Creek had measured 140” so far this winter. The ski resort average is 360”. Their final day of normal operation is expected to be in early April 2024.
Sadly, everyone is still in the running… Keep up your snow dances!!! Anything is possible yet.
Abey Nelson 210
Mike Buckingham 240
Carol Holleran 257
John Farley 271
Greg Williams 278
Brady Turner 281
Kay Kaylor 291
Joanne Shelton 301
Derrall Smith 301
Lisa Baker 302.5
Jenny Yurechko 305
Martha Ball 308
Joan Scott 309
Liz Murray 312
Keith Jones 321
Jana Hoyer 322
Eric Fisk 323
Holly Baldwin 325
Jennie Leverett 333
Meg Wempe 333
mike offerman 340
Jesse Beach 342
Robert Bency 347
Tina Edwards 349
Al Pfister 372
Traci Landis 373
Lisa Vail 375
Donna Lewis 377
Bob Theodore 393
Jackie Cox 396
Larry Walton 399
Kitty Neal 401
Melanie Fortner 408
Peggy Andrews 411
Bryan Weitzel 411
Michele Berndt 415
Krisite Bixler 419
Nathanael Ward 422
Mark Langford 425
Kenny Rogers 429
Eric Bickel 433
Gene Geren 473
Mary Stokes 491
Douglas Fortner 506
– Arleen
