February 2025 Monthly Climate Summary

Описание: February 2025 Monthly Climate Summary

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For a written February 2025 climate summary, please visit our website at https://www.weather.gov/media/gjt/Feb...
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The first week of February made good on the promise of warmth that January ended with, as a near straight week of record highs kicked off the month. Some of the new records were 10 or more degrees above the previous records. This record warmth lasted through the 7th before a pattern shift kicked in and returned the area to cooler and wetter conditions. This unsettled period culminated in a large, strong, and atmospheric river fueled winter storm for the weekend between Valentine’s Day and Presidents Day. This was the most impressive storm the Western Slope had seen since the Thanksgiving storm in November, bringing a much needed shot of fresh snow to the mountains. Weaker disturbances around this major storm kept light mountain snow ongoing and temperatures near to below normal. The last week of the month did see a return to warmer and drier conditions, although weak disturbances passing to the north did keep a chance of light snow showers along the Northern Divide mountains. Ahead of another system, warm and breezy southwesterly flow on the 25th allowed temperatures to jump to well above normal once more. The Grand Valley even hit 70F once more, breaking the previous record of 69F that was set in 1904. This was the last hurrah of unusual February warmth, however, as the system moving through on the 26th and 27th brought temperatures back down to near normal values.

The month of February was overall warmer than normal, with all ten of the automated weather observation stations located at airports across eastern Utah and western Colorado finishing the month with above normal mean temperatures. Mean temperature departures ranged from 3.9F to 7.3F above normal. The warmest temperature recorded at any of the ten automated weather observation sites was 71F at Grand Junction Regional Airport on the 3rd. The coldest temperature recorded at any of the ten automated weather observation sites was -14F, which occurred at Craig-Moffat County Airport on the 13th. The month of February was generally drier than normal, with eight of the ten automated weather observation stations finishing the month with below normal precipitation. The only site to finish with above normal precipitation was Aspen-Pitkin County Airport. The most precipitation was recorded at Cortez-Montezuma County Airport, where the month-end total of 1.01 inches was exactly normal for the month of February. The least precipitation recorded was at Vernal Airport, where the month-end total of 0.10 inches was 0.46 inches below normal.

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Please note that all data mentioned is collected from our automated observing stations from 10 different airports across eastern Utah and western Colorado. Some of our cooperative observers in more remote areas may have measured warmer or colder temperatures, or more or less precipitation than what was mentioned in this summary.

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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Grand Junction, CO