Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast and Northern Plains; Critical Fire Weather in the West

Scattered severe thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts and hail are forecast across the Northeast U.S. and North Dakota today. Heavy to excessive rainfall is possible over eastern New Mexico into western Texas and over the western Florida peninsula today. Critical fire weather conditions will persist today over parts of the interior Northwest and Great Basin. Read More >

Thanksgiving Climatology for Eastern Utah and Western Colorado

*Please note that 1919 brought an intense snowstorm to eastern Utah and western Colorado. However, some of our stations have not been around since 1919, so the "snowiest" Thanksgiving listed below is only since records were kept for those sites*

Let's take a look back at Thanksgivings past with some "Stuffed Stats" (aka Thanksgiving Climatology). By far the most impressive Thanksgiving took place on November 27, 1919 when an intense snowstorm dropped in from the northwest into eastern Utah and western Colorado. That storm produced record 24-hour snowfall totals for several of our climate sites including 14 inches in Grand Junction!

For more climate information from other sites, please visit our climate page on our website at https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=gjt. You can also follow us on Facebook (@NWSGrandJunction) or Twitter (@nwsgjt).

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