Mountain West Discussion

[Front Ranger]

19 hours ago, Tyler Mode said:

Looks like at least a little rain on the fires?

Yeah, a little disappointing with the amounts but the cool, moist weather has really helped past couple days.

[Front Ranger]

The deadliest tornado in Colorado history happened in August, 1924: https://www.weather.gov/bou/Thurman_Tornado_1924

[snow_wizard]

1 hour ago, Front Ranger said:

The deadliest tornado in Colorado history happened in August, 1924: https://www.weather.gov/bou/Thurman_Tornado_1924

Sad that so many of the victims were children.

[Deweydog]

18z looks so lid.

[Front Ranger]

August finished very warm at DEN: +2.7. I expected to roast this summer, and that was certainly the case overall, despite a near normal July. Since I've lived here, the only summers warmer than 2024 have been 2021, 2020, and 2012.

On the bright side, this summer didn't feature a truly scorching July or August, and there were frequent breaks in the heat. Months like July 2022, July 2021, August 2020, and July 2017 were easily hotter than any month this summer, so all in all it was bearable.

[Front Ranger]

Had a real nice rain event last night. Rained pretty steadily for about 6 hours and picked up almost half an inch.