Colorado Weather

Clear nights cause radiational cooling, letting heat escape into space and making valleys like Cortez and Mancos colder than surrounding ridges.

About 175 people protested on Cortez’s Main Street on Tuesday to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and attack on the Capitol. And the hike-able warm weather has a down side: lower snowpacks.

Dry and mostly sunny weather continues through midweek with above-normal temperatures, before valley rain and light mountain snow arrive Thursday and Friday. Snow levels will remain high, and warmer, drier conditions return by the weekend.

Snow tapers off today with slick mountain roads and colder temps. More mountain snow arrives Tuesday through Thursday, with a cool, unsettled pattern into the weekend.

Mountain snow and colder temps continue today across the Four Corners, with more chances for rain and snow returning midweek.

Autumn weather in Cortez and Montezuma County has been lovely so far, but of course there is a down side – a lack of precipitation.

High pressure will keep the Four Corners warm and dry through midweek, with plenty of sunshine and highs running five to ten degrees above normal. Thin clouds may drift through, but conditions remain pleasant until late Thursday, when a Pacific storm system brings a chance of valley rain and light mountain snow — especially in the San Juans. Temperatures are expected to drop five to fifteen degrees below normal heading into the weekend.

Back-to-back October storms brought record rain and flooding to Southwest Colorado, easing drought but swelling rivers to near-record fall levels.

Highs run 10° above normal today and Friday before a weekend storm brings widespread rain, cooler temps, and mountain snow.

A quick-moving trough brings breezy winds and isolated mountain showers today, with sunshine midweek and cooler, wetter weather returning this weekend.