The Pagosa Weather Board: Vice President – Udgar Parsons, Member at Large – Kenny Rogers, Secretary – Deborah McLain, President – Arleen Prochazka, Treasurer – Jane Weitzel, Departing board Member – Connie Hayes, Member at Large – Debbie McAlister. (Select title of post to see picture)
Sunday – 1 February 2026 – 7:00am
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: Dorothy Matthews, Robyn Schulze, and Dr. Sebastian who made a generous donations in January! Thank you!!!
What your generous donation goes towards…
Your donations help us take care of our website manager, Do 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, Visa or MasterCard through Square. Pagosa Weather will have a new mailing address some time in February due to the closing of the UPS store here. We will post that when we know it. 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: The Springs Resort! The Springs Resort is our Storm Sponsor. Whether it is a blizzard or a tropical storm they are ready to support us! Huge thanks to Jesse, Brooke, and the entire team at The Springs Resort for the help.
The Springs Resort is home to the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring and now features more than 45 soaking pools and water features, all naturally heated by the Mother Spring. Recent expansion has added new wellness-focused pools and gathering spaces along the river, designed to enhance the overall soaking experience.
Guests can enjoy a range of pool temperatures while taking in views of the San Juan River and surrounding mountains. Local residents can take advantage of discounted daily soaking throughout the year.
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!
2026 Snowdown Durango
Arleen & Shawn briefed the balloon pilots this weekend who were participating in Snowdown Durango event! Follow this link for all the details on the many activities! 2026 Snowdown Durango.
Winterfest was January 16th – 18th, 2026!
First, Shawn and I provided aviation weather support to the balloon pilots doing the early morning mass ascension flights. Unfortunately, the winds just above the inversion were too high Saturday morning for the balloons to launch. Sunday morning, on the other hand, was a perfect morning!
16th Annual Penguin Plunge! On Saturday at the Visitors Center about 10 teams of hearty souls jumped into the freezing cold San Juan River to support their favorite non-profits by raising money from generous sponsor and individuals.
Arleen of Pagosa Weather took the plunge for the Humane Society. Shawn was there, too, walking Humane Society pup, George around to meet everyone. Huge thanks to everyone who made donations in support of Arleen and the Humane Society.
The Humane Society team; Barb, Theresa, Jaunax, & Arleen
Pagosa Weather Board
Pagosa Weather held their Annual Board Meeting this week. It was Connie Hayes’ last meeting. Connie has been a board member and an advisor for Pagosa Weather for six years. We are deeply grateful to her for her assistance over that time.
The 2026 Pagosa Weather board members are: President – Arleen Prochazk; Vice President – Udgar Parsons; Secretary – Deborah McLain; Treasurer – Jane Weitzel; Member at Large – Debbie McAlister; and new member Member at Large – Kenny Rogers. Thank you all for your advise and dedication of time.
Pagosa Weather will continue to support the community as we have in the past with weather posts on Facebook and the website. See the January newsletter for the list of community support activities we are involved in last year. We will do all that again this year. We’ll be at the 4th of July Colorado 150 year celebration with a booth with displays on the history of weather. We will have another Winter Weather Wonder event. And we may write a children’s weather book this year.
Again, huge thanks to everyone who supports us!
Pagosa Chamber of Commerce Annual Gala!
An evening of live music, delicious food, a cash bar, silent auction, and the presentation of the Community Award winners. The best networking event of the year!
Arleen and Shawn are honored and humbled to have been nominated as citizens of the year. Our Blizzard Sponsor Ski & Bow Rack has been nominated as small business of the year. Here is a list of the other wonderful community nominees:
Non-Profit of the Year: Aspen House, Pagosa Community Initiative, Pagosa Springs Community Development Corporation
Small Business of the Year: Heart of a Building, Ski and Bow Rack, Galles Properties
Volunteer of The Year: Kelly Maestas, Dave & Tricia Frank, Katherine Solbert, Albert Northrop, Shawna Snarr
Citizen of the Year:
Katie Dobbins, Shawn and Arleen Prochazka, John Hargreaves
Tickets are still available! Follow this link to purchase tickets!
Pagosa Weather Calendar News
- February 6, Friday: Chamber of Commerce Annual Community Gala. Shawn & Arleen have been nominated as Citizens of the Year. PLPOA Clubhouse. 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
- March 14th, Saturday: St Patrick’s Day Parade, Pagosa Weather will be there with a booth, selling hats 7 giving away Pagosa Weather memorabilia. Look for Shawn in the parade!
- April 17th, Friday: Chimney Rock IA thunderstorm weather training.
- April 26th, Sunday: Earthday! Pagosa Weather will be there with a fun weather demo!
- June 12th & 13th. Friday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM & Saturday, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM: Pagosa Springs 17th Annual Car Show 2026. We’ll have a weather forecast out the week before.
- July 4th, 2026: America’s 250th birthday/Colorado’s 150th birthday Celebration at 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).
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 March 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.
Note: We have an observer now in southern Mineral County.
Pagosa Weather January SUMMARY & February Outlook News
Shawn will have his January SUMMARY & my February Outlook out today or tomorrow.
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 Degree | February 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!
2/1/2026 Barbara Swindlehurst
2/2/2026 17:00 Brian Lawson
2/2/2026 14:00 Ed H
2/2/2026 9:00 Sarah Kinser
2/2/2026 2:00 Ellen Schmidt
2/3/2026 4:30 Linsey Holt
2/3/2026 3:30 Lesann Young
2/4/2026 9:00 Sarah Daulton
2/6/2026 3:00 Beth Kerrigan
2/6/2026 17:30 Abey Nelson
2/6/2026 16:30 Rogelyn Grigsby
2/7/2026 9:00 Lisa Vail
2/10/2026 9:30 Eric Bickel
2/13/2026 6:00 Maria De Leon
2/14/2026 8:00 Marie Omer
2/14/2026 22:00 Becky Davis
2/15/2026 16:30 Iijeffrey kushner
2/15/2026 9:00 Barbara Remien
2/15/2026 5:30 Janice Bell
2/16/2026 7:00 Susan Zoerb
2/17/2026 6:30 Coquette Collins
2/18/2026 15:30 Bryan Weitzel
2/19/2026 2:00 Kayla Cornish
2/19/2026 0:30 Bruce Wootton
2/22/2026 2:00 Marcy Haggerty
2/24/2026 6:30 Steve Hays
2/25/2026 4:30 Eileen Anderson
2/28/2026 9:30 Debbie Moore
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 94″ of snow as of February 1st, 2026. According to the records I have from Wolf Creek Ski Resort, the worst year was 1976/1977 with a total of 187″. February and March of ’77 had 85″. The resort stayed open through at least 1/2 of April and picked up another 48″. It was an El Nino winter. Weather is weird.
2014/2015 was another El Nino year and the second worst on record. Wolf Creek picked up 140″ between February and March. 2017/2018, a La Nina winter was the 3rd worst. We had a 101″ February!
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!
| 70.25 | Lisa | Doerr |
| 188 | Abey | Nelson |
| 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 |
