Category: Fall Color

La Nina continues into Summer

Water temperatures in the Equatorial South Pacific are running about 1.0C colder than normal. The latest forecast calls for water temps to stay colder than normal into Summer – through June-July-August. The blue bars in the graph below represent La Nina. Here’s a look at the model spread over time. We’ve been locked into La […]

Fall Color 2021

Peak fall color in Colorado’s mountains is on a “normal schedule”. It should occur the last two weeks of September and first week of October. Last year, extreme drought forced peak color earlier than normal. Aspen trees were stressed and some leaves dropped early. Take a look at the photo below from Grand Lake. It […]