Arleen at the Chimney Rock Youth Workshop explaining to the participants how clouds form. (select title of post to see picture)
Friday – 1 August 2025 – 8:00am
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: Floy & Tom Byres, Suellen Loher, Sandra & Darin Dillon, Doug Tillotson, and Barbara Pugh who made generous donations in July! Thank you!!!
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: Alley House, our celebration dining destination! We love the ambiance, the delicious entrees, and the high quality service. Alley House has been a Snowman sponsor for over three years.
Alley House has a new summer cocktail and food menu with some new features that you need to stop by and try. Also They’ve extended their patio as happy hour seating, Tues-Friday 4:00-5:30pm, along with their bar seating.
Location: Downtown, 214 Pagosa Street
Call (970) 264-0999 after 3:30pm for ToGo orders or to make reservations. Also, Alley House website for reservations.
Arleen & Shawn with the Alley House Crew last year! Left to right; Chris Westen (manager), Joni Rose (owner), Chef Anthony Maugham, Arleen & Shawn (Pagosa Weather), Marty Rose (owner), and our waitress Alisa Pegram & now the Assistant General Manager.
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 conducted a workshop on Emergency preparedness on July 15th at the CSU Extension Building.
Your Pagosa Weather Team was there to discuss our weather and climate as well as latest update on the monsoon.
Other speakers included Cindi Galabota from the CSU County Extension office, Lacy Capre from the Archuleta County Public Health Department, Robin Young from CSU, and Roy Vega from the Archuleta Conty Sheriff’s office. Topics covered included Safety Precautions, Health of our Land, How to prepare for Emergencies, Evacuation protocol, Recovery after Emergencies, and Financial Resources.
This event was Free & Open to the Public. CSU is discussing holding two free “Be Prepared for an Emergency” workshops every year. One to prepare for winter emergencies and one to prepare for summer emergencies.
This workshop was recorded. I’ll post it for everyone when it is made available.
Chimney Rock Youth Workshop
Chimney Rock hosted a Youth Workshop at the beginning of July. This workshop was focused on nature journaling. Arleen talked about cloud identification, how to estimate winds speeds and other weather elements.
They all went on a nature hike together. They were able to monitor small cumulus clouds mature into rainshowers throughout the morning.
It is a great program to learn more about the natural world around us.
Pagosa Weather Winter Event
Friday, October 17th, 5:30pm to 8:30pm. Pagosa Lodge, 3505 W U.S. Hwy 160, Pagosa Springs
Special guest speaker will be Dustin English of the Upper San Juan Search and Rescue. Dustin will talk about avalanche and back-country safety.
Arleen will talk about forecasted weather for the 2025/2026 winter.
Hors d’oeuvres will be served. We’ll share more information as we get closer to the event.
Pagosa Weather Calendar
- September 14th, Sunday: Vet4Vets Fly In Aviation Brief.
- September 20th/21st, Saturday & Sunday: Colorfest Balloon Brief.
- October 8th, Wednesday: Snow measurement training for CoCoRaHS Observers.
- October 17th, Friday, 5:30pm: Winter Weather 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”.
The snow measurement training for CoCoRaHS observers will be Wednesday, October 8th at 5:30pm at the CSU Archuleta County Extension office Hall. Do you live in a data gap area and have considered joining CoCoRaHS? Come join us for the training. We’ll start with a pot luck meal. It would be a perfect time to ask questions of other CoCoRaHS observers and learn form their experiences. Send an email to Arleen at pagosaweather@gmail.com.
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 September 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 July SUMMARY & August Outlook
Shawn will have the July Summary and the August outlook out later today.
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
