Becky Bolinger

When you put the legend where you think it will never cover the data... @climate.colostate.edu

Long-term stations across the San Luis Valley in southern Colorado had their wettest 2-day period on record from the recent storms. (Yes, those numbers are correct, 2 to 2.5" in two days is record-breaking; the SLV is typically a very dry place!) #cowx

San Juan River in Pagosa Springs now in major flood stage. It's now projected to crest at 15' early tomorrow morning, more than 2' higher than last October's flood event. #COwx

Updated estimates of 2026 + 2027 expectations - new and improved graphic! data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/gmsta/

Great example of birds captured on radar this evening. Cold front moving through central IA. Migrating birds take off after sunset, but only north & west of the front. Birds heading south want the northerly wind component, not head winds. #birds #radar

My goodness, what an incredible moment. After Justin Verlander secured the final out of his career, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch came out of the dugout...to summon Verlander's daughter out to embrace her dad on the mound.

Giant hail up to 4 inches (!!!) in diameter between Eads and Chivington Colorado, measured over an hour after it fell! This is the largest hail stone I have held in Colorado. #cowx #hail

Woohoo!

Just thinking this morning how 10 years ago, Colorado only had one 100,000 acre wildfire on record (in 2002). Since then, we've had 6 more. Mind boggling. climate.colostate.edu/large_wildfi...

Fall foliage looks like it's near peak in Grand County...photo taken earlier today by Hollie Hardman! #COwx

NEW: Climate change is influencing many of the likely drivers behind the devastating rock and ice collapse on the northern Nepalese border last month. 🧵👇(1/6)

16,000. That’s the estimate of heat-related deaths in Europe in June.

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

This video made the rounds in December 2025. It's not a mountain on fire, it's ALPENGLOW plus clouds & snow. It was captured by an unknown videographer in the Meili Snow Mountains in Tibet, what the PRC calls "Yunnan province / Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture". Let's explore Alpenglow.

Global sea surface temperature (SST) departures for August 2026. It was the warmest August, and any month, SST on record. It was also the first time that any month had a global average SST over 19.0C. 🔥🔥🔥

Good synthesis here!

Cat drama: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/funny/s/Vs...

What a remarkable view. A hurricane trio in the Pacific. Lowell, Karina and Marie.

It's the start of the fall semester and the bears have decided they want to go to college.

This has been years in the making and I’m excited to be a part of it!

For the love of god... please don't drive through these types of conditions.

🚨🚨🚨 Summer 2026 (Jun-Aug) tied for the warmest summer on record according to PRISM climate data. The average temperature of 74.2F tied with 1936. 🔥🔥🔥

August 28th, 1990: 1990's deadliest tornado carved a devastating path through Plainfield, Illinois. The F5 damaged or destroyed over 1,000 structures and produced extreme ground scouring. Twenty-nine people were killed, and 350 were hurt. Dr. Fujita personally surveyed this event.

Dolly's dropping by to let us know she's okay.

An incredibly well-timed Landsat 9 pass captured the effects of yesterday’s catastrophic glacier collapse near the Nepal–Tibet border. The event was so massive that it was detected by seismometers around the world.

Pretty sure I have the cutest lap dog of all time. For National Dog Day.

When I was a kid, I would use the word HOMES to recall the names of the lakes. Change the O to an A, and the word would have to be SHAME which honestly feels appropriate.

The seasonality of extreme warmth was really stretched this year in Fort Collins. Back in March we had our first 90°F day forty-five (45) days earlier than one had ever been observed. Then yesterday (Aug 21) it reached 101°F, which is nearly 3 weeks later than any previous 100-degree day. #cowx

How your email finds me.

Hey ChatGPT, let's make an image of a burrito broken in half to show the insides, like the guts of some sort of animal... Okay, sure, that looks appetizing, we'll go with it.

That first graphic reminds me of the analysis I did for the extreme heat of March 2026. As extreme as it is now, it's nerve-wracking to consider it will be within the distribution in 50 years, no longer an outlier.

I love that the rainfall map on the big island highlights the lee side of the mountains and the rain shadow.

On July 1, Tropical Storm Bavi formed in the Western Pacific Ocean and rapidly intensified, a Super Typhoon in just 48 hours. As Bavi swirled under a setting sun, GOES-West gave a stunning view of the powerful storm, with bits of convection throughout the clouds casting shadows.

Not enough attention on the fires in the northern Reno suburbs... I know someone who lost 4 structures and someone else who is prepping to evacuate a family, loads of pets, and 12 horses... total 80000+ acres between the Bug Fire and Stallion Fire 🫠

My only disappointment is that the cake didn't have frosting.

Much of the outcome of large wildfires is decided well before they start. Well done Coconino National Forest.

Great article here. And a good reminder: while large wildfires are increasing in frequency and size, smaller fires are resulting in more destruction throughout the wildland urban interface.

In happier news, it turns out that blueberries grown beneath solar panels turn out sweeter! 🫐 (via @billmckibben.bsky.social)

Happy 150th birthday, Colorado! Here's one of our favorite maps: average annual precipitation with color shading inspired by the state flag. It nicely illustrates the many variations in weather and climate across our beautiful state. 🎂🥳

A Flash Flood Emergency again for the Aspen Acres Fire tonight is leading to significant flooding in hard-hit Beulah. An estimated 1-2” of rain fell on the burn scar again this afternoon, after 1-3” fell on it yesterday. 📸: Pueblo County Sheriff's Office