Tag: climate
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Year-round gardening: Understanding current weather conditions
By Allisa ZurbuchenHorticulture Specialist This winter has been much warmer than usual. According to Colorado Climate Center, December 2025 was the warmest December on record throughout the state, with average temperatures 10.1 degrees warmer than the 20th-century average. January was also warmer than average but not record-breaking. In El Paso County, it was a wetter-than-average…
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Air Force Academy announces new dean amid falling morale, high stress
Col. James Valpiani will take over as the next dean of faculty at the Air Force Academy in late February following staff cuts. Valpiani will replace Col. Steven C.M. Hasstedt, the longest serving acting dean in the academy’s history. Hasstedt has been in the position since June. Valpiani has flown 100 combat missions in the…
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When can Colorado Springs expect lasting cold weather?
The autumn chill is later than usual, historically speaking, around Colorado Springs. And outside of a slight reprieve this weekend, the unseasonal conditions don’t look to let up anytime soon. According to the National Weather Service, the average temperature in Colorado Springs for the first 17 days of October has been 61.4 degrees , 8.1…
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NEWS | Why a good snow year can’t save the Colorado River
The Colorado River is one of the West’s most vital resources. But 20 years of drought have stressed the entire river basin, forcing federal officials to call for massive cuts in water use. This winter, in the water-towers of the west, storms have dropped more than double the average snowpack in some Colorado mountains. But…
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Tipping Point: Colorado River tribes fight for their water rights
Some 10,000 households on the vast Navajo Nation, which covers 27,000 square miles in three states, are still without running water. Native American tribes hold some of the most senior water rights in the Colorado River Basin, but history has shown that having senior water rights and having water are two different realities. The tribes,…
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Battery-powered electric buses added to Colorado Springs mass transit system
Mountain Metropolitan Transit officials have unveiled four battery-powered, electric buses that they say will produce zero emissions and offer quieter service while they complement the transit system’s fleet of 67 buses that operate via a clean diesel technology. (Video: Rich Laden/The Gazette)
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HIGH AND DRY | Colorado in Drought: Part 3, The Future
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In the third part of our series, we follow scientists as they collect climate data across the state, preparing for what promises to be a future of ever more chaotic weather. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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HIGH AND DRY | Colorado in Drought: Part 1, The Past
In the first part of our series, we explore the history of The Dry, a Black community in southeast Colorado undone by drought. Check back Wednesday, March 3, 2021 for part 2. (Video by Skyler Ballard)