Winter in Colorado, 2012-2013 (Denver, Boulder: dryer, dates, short term)

[Josseppie]

Originally Posted by CosmicWizard

Joss...You might be happier in Alaska. When are you moving?

When they get up to 111 in the summer like Pueblo!

On a serious note I do hear Anchorage is a very nice city and I want to visit it in the next few years.

[Idunn]

Expect summers in Anchorage to be milder than Pueblo, with a temperature range of 55º/78º F. It is a maritime climate, and can rain frequently. The record high on June 25, 1953 was only 86º. However, decidedly more snow than Pueblo in winter.

Fairbanks, in the interior of Alaska, experiences a more extreme climate in both lows and highs. But even there may not be warm enough.

So off to the Yukon River. Fort Yukon (population 600), at the confluence of the Porcupine and Yukon rivers, set the high for Alaska on June 27, 1915, at 100º. Not quite as high as Pueblo, but what are you going to do? It also held a record low, at -78º. So it can be cold and hot, just like some places in Colorado. If summers a bit briefer, as just north of the Arctic Circle.

Although Alamosa, CO also experiences large daily and seasonal shifts in temperature. So one could just move there, more easily. Or, remain in what is arguably the very finest town in Colorado, Pueblo (66 days with highs of 90º or more), with the all-round best temperature . . . if only it might snow a bit more.

[Josseppie]

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Agreed. I would like it if Pueblo got a little bit more snow so since I can't change that my goal is to get a cabin either in Salida or Summit County so I can be around the snow in the winter and ski.

[GraniteStater]

Subzero cold is easy to handle without much wind. With wind, it is never too pleasant.

[TUowl06]

I'm a bit of a cold weather guru (live in MT/Spent time in ND) yet I wasn't familiar with Alamosa until a few days ago. That seems like an extremely harsh place to spend the months of Dec, Jan and Feb. It's hard to believe how much colder it is than Laramie, WY. Both have similar elevations yet Laramie is 250 miles or so further north.

[CosmicWizard]

GraniteStater wrote: Subzero cold is easy to handle without much wind. With wind, it is never too pleasant.

I was thinking about this yesterday afternoon during my afternoon walk in the desert. I was actually FAR more comfortable walking in the 15 degree temperature with little air movement, than I am with temperatures 20 to 30 degrees warmer when there is a breeze. When the temp is below 60, wind movement takes most of my enjoyment out of being outdoors. Walking into a cold wind is not one of my most enjoyable activities.

[Josseppie]

Originally Posted by CosmicWizard

GraniteStater wrote: Subzero cold is easy to handle without much wind. With wind, it is never too pleasant.

I was thinking about this yesterday afternoon during my afternoon walk in the desert. I was actually FAR more comfortable walking in the 15 degree temperature with little air movement, than I am with temperatures 20 to 30 degrees warmer when there is a breeze. When the temp is below 60, wind movement takes most of my enjoyment out of being outdoors. Walking into a cold wind is not one of my most enjoyable activities.

I agree 100%. I hate the wind unless it is with snow then a blizzard is fun.

[jim9251]

Public information statement
preliminary record event report
national weather service grand junction co
102 pm mst wed jan 16 2013

...record low temperatures set or tied this morning...

In western colorado,

at montrose, the low temperature was 7 degrees below zero. This ties
the previous record low for january 16, last set in 1963.

[Colorado Rambler]

Cortez went down to 15 degrees below, beating the old record low of 6 below. It's COLD here!

[suzco]

Boulder was 54 this afternoon.