After the attention-getting severe weather on Tuesday and Wednesday, the cold settled in on Thursday, July 30th.
The process began with 48 degrees to start the morning in Colorado Springs, shattering the old record of 49, set in 1971....and then it stayed cold.
Colorado Springs went on to set a new record low maximum with a high of 60. The old record was 63 degrees, set in 1936.
Pueblo was close. The official high was 68, and the record low maximum for the date was 67 set in 1925. ("Missed it by that much").
This summer feels a lot like the summer of 1997 did to me (I was bicycle-commuting at the time). It will be interesting to see if the comparison continues into the Winter.
Let's see, other things going on. The Summer semester is winding down at Pikes Peak Community College. 2 finals down, and one to go on Saturday, then a short break before Fall semester kicks in by the middle of August. (Still some openings in my Meteorology and Astronomy 102 classes....BLATANT PLUG).
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Already signed up-- also, who do I call about the weather? A perfectly good wedding in Palmer Park yesterday had to be rescheduled for a church tomorrow. This cold is terrible; I should have moved to New Mexico when I had the chance.
ReplyDelete(And no predicting winter '97, please. Wasn't that an El Nino Southern Oscillation year?)