Inclement Weather in the Northwest; Elevated Fire Weather Conditions in the High Plains

In the Pacific Northwest into northern California, areas of heavy rain for the coastal ranges and heavy snowfall over the higher elevations of the Cascades are expected into Friday. Dry and windy conditions may produce elevated fire weather conditions in the central and southern High Plains and the Upper Midwest. Windy conditions and scattered rain and snow showers will continue in the Northeast. Read More >

Year to Date Snowfall for Grand Junction, Colorado

Year to Date Snowfall for Grand Junction, CO

When discussing the seasonal snowfall, we are referring to the period between July 1st and June 30th. So far this season (as of March 25th, 2018) Grand Junction, Colorado has received 9 inches of snow. The normal snowfall through March 25th is 17.5 inches, meaning we are currently 8.5 inches below normal. The normal seasonal average is 19.1 inches, which means we would need an additional 10.1 inches of snow through June 30th to match that number. So while we more than likely will not get that much, it's not too late to get snow! Our average last snowfall date is April 3, although we've had snow fall as late as May 11th before (which happened back in 1946)!

Just for comparison's sake, the record seasonal snowfall Grand Junction ever received was 65.7 inches which was set during the 1919-1920 season! Records go all the way back to 1893.

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