Shawn & Arleen with the Wild Land Fire crew at Columbine District (Select title of post to see picture)
Monday – 1 June 2026 – 9:00am
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: Dave Duquemin, Linda Lenox, Sandra & Darin Dillon and Joan Rohwer who made a generous donations in May! Thank you!!!
What your generous donation goes towards…
Your donations help us pay for our website manager, Do Engelhardt at Fluid Elements Web, 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: Wilderness Journeys who is Your One Stop Adventure Shop!
Wilderness Journey Pagosa & A1 Taxi have been a Pagosa Weather Snowball Sponsor for almost five years!!!
Kevin, the owner, and his team realize and appreciate that the weather impacts so much of their business. They have always been very supportive of us at Pagosa Weather and we are immensely appreciative of their sponsorship!
Wilderness Journeys is a locally owned and operated business that provides transportation and tours. Their sister company is Pagosa Rafting Outfitters. In addition, they have SUP and Kayak Rentals, along with Tube rentals and shuttles. Give them a call at Phone: (970) 731-4081.
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!
May was another busy month! It was so wonderful to meet so many Pagosa Weather followers.
Multi Agency Coordination meeting – 13 May 26
Sheriff Mike Le Roux called us with concerns for potential LPEA Public Safety Power Shutoffs. I prepared a brief for the Multi Agency Coordination meeting that included historical Red Flag Warning information and the outlook for the rest of the summer. LPEA was also at the brief.
“A Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) is a wildfire mitigation tool that is used by utility companies to limit the risk of wildfire ignition due to downed equipment or debris. This is a common mitigation practice used during hot, dry, and windy conditions when fire risk is high. The intention behind a PSPS is to keep our communities safe.”
They are encouraging everyone to sign up for outage updates: LPEA Outage Reports and Updates
San Juan National Forest, Pagosa District Fire Training
Shawn and I visited the San Juan USFS Pagosa District for part of their 2026 Pagosa District Training Week! We reviewed and introduced a number of concepts that are important to fire-crews in understanding the local climate, topography, and how weather such as the monsoon impacts their fire season. We reviewed the Red Flag program. In addition, we explained how thunderstorms form to help them better understand weather forming around them in the field.
We hope the crews found the information helpful in their mission. Huge thanks to Tracy Milakovic, the Pagosa District Fire Management Officer, Brian, and Cody for the invitation to be part of the training week.
San Juan National Forest, Columbine District Fire Training
Shawn and I visited the Wild Land fire crews in Bayfield to help with refresher training. They consider weather the most important part of the training that they do in conjunction with fuels and topography training. Weather is the most dynamic element and subject to the quickest change. They are always so appreciative of our visits and the information that we share with them.
Shawn and I really value the important, difficult work the fire crews perform. Training the fire crews is a priority for the Pagosa Weather Team. We know the crews find the information helpful in their mission.
Emergency Preparedness Class
The CSU Extension office with Archuleta County Public Health Department offered an emergency preparedness class on May 9th. The class included how to prepare for evacuation including a Go Bag, Paperwork, Animals, Supplies, emergency supplies, medical devices, and recovery.
Pagosa Weather was invited to brief Weather and Climate overview for the rest of 2026. It was so nice to meet so many of you at our booth.
Pagosa Springs Rotary Club
It is always an honor to visit the Rotary Club and share information with them. They do so many wonderful things for our community. We know so many of them and it is wonderful to catch up with them.
We briefed them on our local climatology and what to expect for the rest of the year.
We’ll be attending Pagosa’s other Rotary Club meeting in August.
Master gardeners headed by Pagosa Weather’s own Jane Weitzel were at Terry’s Ace the day before Mother’s Day to help little ones to paint their own flower pots as gifts.
We are always thankful to Grace and Terry’s Ace for being one of our Snowman sponsors.
Coming in JULY!!! 4th of July Parade and 250/150 United States/Colorado Celebration!!!
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).
Arleen and Shawn will be in the parade in their Air Force uniforms with other military members.
Pagosa Weather Calendar News
- 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.
- July 2nd – 5th: Park 2 Park Artisan & Food Market. We’ll have a weather forecast out the week before.
- August 6th, Thursday 5:30pm: Rotary Club – open to Rotary members
- 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 July 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 May SUMMARY & June Outlook News
Shawn’s May SUMMARY & my June 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!
Active Contest – Monsoon!!!
This contest is closed to any new guesses!
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. If the monsoon starts earlier in June, Arleen and Shawn will determine the exact date that the monsoon set up and include that data from those dates.
The winner receives a Springs Resort General Admission Membership for a year! It includes:
- Enjoy unlimited soaking 7 days a week and exclusive early access from 8–9:00 am in our 25 hot spring soaking pools.
- Access to 20 pools + 5 VIP adult-only pools
- Unlimited Soaking – 7 Days/Week + Holidays
- Daily Locker Included
- Daily Towel Included
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!
Dawn Barta 2.35
Brandon Beagle 2.44
Dave Stimpson 2.73
Peggy Andrews 3.27
Lori Cruser 3.6
Maureen Collins 4
Rob Barlow 4.2
Debbie Moore 4.25
Denise Giroux 4.43
Victoria Coleman 4.44
Kevin O’Brien 5.01
Andrew Gonzales 5.25
Bobby Phillips 5.79
Phil Slusher 5.86
Darrell Smith 5.95
Bryan Weitzel 5.95
Chellie Panzera 6.07
Ed H H 6.13
CD Wagner 6.18
Gretchen Rettig 6.25
Musetta Wollenweber 6.26
Troy Rettig 6.33
Michael Offerman 6.56
Kenny Rogers 6.75
Donna Lewis 6.78
PATTI SPINDLER 7.11
James Bickel 7.13
Jeff Witten 7.26
Michelle Juneau 7.26
Terri Thielst 7.64
Jon Reed 7.69
Lida Gregory 7.76
Tina Edwards 7.76
Chris Edwards 7.77
Onyclare Wyrum 7.77
Paul Coleman 7.77
Chris Edwards 7.77
Brady Turner 7.85
Micah Stewart 7.89
Abey Nelson 8.15
Kate Porter 8.27
Eric Fisk 8.34
Mark Langford 8.72
Charlie Beach 8.76
Russell Wyrum 9
Rick Holter 9.17
Shelley Shrader 9.24
Jenny Yurechko 9.54
Diana Aragon 10.11
Rick Allen 11.23
Clayton Rizzi 12.24
Joni Bussoli 12.35
