{"id":26621,"date":"2024-07-15T22:35:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T04:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/manic-weather-for-southwest-colorado-in-june-leaves-uncertainty\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:43:00","slug":"manic-weather-for-southwest-colorado-in-june-leaves-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/manic-weather-for-southwest-colorado-in-june-leaves-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Manic\u2019 weather for Southwest Colorado in June leaves uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A rock slide happened either late Friday or early Saturday morning near mile post 486 just north of Needleton, impacting Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad\u2019s weekend operations. Through at least Sunday, the train route will end at Cascade Canyon before heading back to Durango. (Courtesy of Jeff Johnson)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

The adage, \u201cIf you don\u2019t like the weather, go inside and wait five minutes\u201d was exacerbated this summer in the midst of violent storms, record heat and the effects of coastal weather patterns.<\/p>\n

The city of Cortez received 1.8 inches of precipitation in June, 486% of the monthly average. That figure stands in sharp contrast to the 0.04 inch of rain that Cortez saw in May.<\/p>\n

Hailstorms, pushed north by tropical storm Alberto, caused damage across the region in mid-June.<\/p>\n

To top it off, a new high temperature record was set for June 8, when thermometers climbed all the way to 96 degrees.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis adds up to a really manic summer weather pattern so far,\u201d said Jim Andrus, a local weather watcher for the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n

There is not much data available for July, but as of July 11, the area had only received 0.02 inches of precipitation out of the monthly average of 1.25 inches.<\/p>\n

At the end of June, forecasters predicted that the temperature was 70% to 80% likely to be above normal in the area both for the month of July and the season.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Drought Monitor released July 11.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Much of the Four Corners area remains in a drought state, but none of Montezuma County is currently considered to be in a drought by the U.S. Drought Monitor.<\/p>\n

While the forecast for July precipitation is about normal, the seasonal total for July, August and September is expected to be below average.<\/p>\n

\u201cSummer has been consistently hot and dry as a strong high-pressure ridge to our west continues to shove the summer monsoon flow too far east of Cortez and over New Mexico instead,\u201d said Andrus. \u201cSo our precipitation forecast remains an iffy preposition at best.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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