Winter 2025-2026 Seasonal Weather Summary

Описание: Winter 2025-2026 Seasonal Weather Summary

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March 1st marked the end of Meteorological Winter, which runs from December 1st to February 28th, and the beginning of Meteorological Spring. Meteorological Winter has, for the most part, underperformed, with much above normal temperatures and a lack of snow defining the season. Record or near-record high temperatures happened at least once in each month, and mean temperature departures for northern locations were often in the double digits as the lack of snow affected cold-pool development. We did see a few stronger winter storms, including one particularly strong one in the middle of February, which brought a foot or two of snow to the mountains. While it certainly helped the snow drought, it did not get us out of the woods, with most basins finishing the season at 40-70% of median for the time of year. Seasonal mean temperature departures were much above normal, ranging from 5.2F to 11.4F above normal. Precipitation was also overall below normal, with departures ranging from 0.12 inches to 1.45 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