Monthly Archives: July 2026

July 31, 1976, thousands of visitors gathered in Colorado’s Front Range to celebrate the state’s centennial weekend. Campers, vacationers, and locals filled cabins, motels, and campsites along Highway 34 in the Big Thompson Canyon. By midnight, it turned into the … Continue reading →

The Rio Grande has been dry in Albuquerque for most of the past two months. Rio Grande NR Alameda, NM – USGS Water Data for the Nation Further south, water has been steadily released from Elephant Butte Reservoir into the … Continue reading →

US trends since 1930, taken from Index of /pub/data/ghcn/daily/hcn/ Daily maximum temperature. Summer daily maximum temperature Winter daily maximum temperature Daily minimum temperature. Summer daily minimum temperature. Winter daily minimum temperature Number of 90F days. Precipitation Snow

March snow cover in the mountains between Tres Piedras and Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico has declined sharply over the past fifty years, and on March 28 this year there was no snow on the ground. Hopewell (532) – Site Information … Continue reading →

People building mega-data centers in the desert seem to imagine they can defy the laws of thermodynamics.

Blaming cattle for bad weather is the latest in a long line of climate superstitions. During the 16th century they blamed bad weather on witches.