Castle Rock Weather Summary The highlights of this month were definitely the sunsets caused by strong westerly flow aloft along the front range and over Castle Rock. It seems nearly every night we were treated to amazing pinks, purples and reds in the mountain wave clouds that hung over the front range. These clouds are …
Tag: Climate Summary
Oct 02
Castle Rock & Colorado September 2017 Weather Recap
General Summary September 2017 finished up very close to average in many aspects for the month, but if you took that at face value you wouldn’t get the complete picture of how the month actually went. The month of September is historically a bit drier, calmer with warm sunny days and cool crisp nights. We …
Aug 02
Castle Rock July 2017 Weather Recap
General Summary July 2017 saw the return of monsoon season in full force for some areas of Colorado while others were left high and dry! Most of the Palmer Divide Region received a ton of rain, mainly in the second half of the month. Here’s the observed 30 day total through July 2017 from the …
Jun 01
Cool and Wet May Kicks Castle Rock Area Out of Drought Status
To see the entire climate summary for May including day-by-day weather stats collected from our weather station, click here! May 2017 lived up to what we expect in a Colorado spring, it was a rollercoaster ride that featured everything from a late season snowstorm to damaging baseball sized hail hitting the Northwestern parts of Denver. …
May 04
April Was Warm but Snowy – Castle Rock April 2017 Climate Summary
Summary April 2017 finished as a warm and wet month in terms of snowfall, but dry month in terms of overall precipitation. How does something like that happen? While we saw decent snowfall in the first and last part of the month, it was quite dry in the middle part of the month with very …
Feb 02
January 2017 In The Books! – Castle Rock Weather
January 2017 is in the books and what a month it was! We saw a little bit of everything from snow to strong and damaging Chinook winds. Just another roller coaster month in Castle Rock’s weather history. January 2017 Finished Cooler and Only Slightly Drier Than Average The month overall had big swings in tempreature …
Sep 01
August 2016 Ends Up Cooler and Drier Than Average for Castle Rock
August 2016 was full of surprises and possibly indicates that our fall weather pattern is beginning to establish! September is one of our driest months of the year so should it behave normally we could be in for more dry weather ahead. Here’s the latest on where August 2016 finished in terms of temperature and precipitation: Summary …
Jul 07
June 2016 Climate Summary for Castle Rock
June 2016 was warmer than average by all accounts. How much warmer? Well it wouldn’t be bold to say it was a scorcher. When looking at the daily mean temperatures (an average of the daytime high and nighttime low temperature) through the month, June finished above average on almost every day! Temperature Stats Castle Rock …