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Highest Ever Thermometer Reading for March Reached on Thursday, March 19, in the Crestone-Baca
(posted by Keno at 1242 am on March 20)
Today in the Crestone-Baca, our insane warm weather continued when the high temperature reached up to 75.7 degrees, breaking the old record for the date of 69 degrees, set in 2017. This was also the warmest temperature reading ever seen in March (or for that matter, in the wintertime), and the record broken was only just set the day before! But it didn't only happen here, or in a few other locations nearby, as there were all time recorded high temps for March record all over the entire state today!... from Grand Junction near the Utah boarder, where it hit 82°, across the state to the Front Range in Denver, where it hit 85°, setting their new all-time highs for the month of March. We won't know until later in the day on Friday how many all-time March records were broken, but as of 6 pm Thursday, the list was at 15 and climbing. See some more here: https://kdvr.com/weather/wx-news/rare-heat-up-to-94-degrees-could-shatter-these-record-high-temperatures-in-colorado/.
Yes, the warmth felt great, but in reality, this is a very bad thing! Our all time low mountain snowpack we been seeing this winter, not only in our mountains, but in all of the mountain ranges of Colorado, have now already started their snow melt! Let me remind you, March is usually Colorado's snowiest month on record. Here in Crestone, we usually average just under a foot of snow in March, but as of today, we have seen just one snowfall this month so far (4.3" on March 6)!
Record High Temp seen on March 18 breaks our All-time Earliest first 70 degree day Record!br>(posted by Keno on March 19 at 1208 am)
The earliest ever seen 70 degree day in the Crestone-Baca took place on Wednesday, March 18, when the thermometer rose all the way up to and beyond 70 degrees, when the high reached 71.1 degrees at 501 pm. This not only broke the record high for the day, which was 68 degrees, set in 2017, but it was the earliest our area ever saw a temperature reading in the 70s. The earliest record that was broken, was set in 2012 on March 31, when the high that day was 70 degrees. This also means that Wednesday's reading was also the warmest reading ever seen in this area in March. But going with the current forecast, this record won't last too long, as for the next 3 days, readings in the mid 70s are expected.
More Record Highs seen in the Crestone-Baca on
March 2 and March 5
(posted by Keno on March 3, at 240 am;
updated on March 5 at 1116 pm)
For a second day in a row (on ), the Crestone Baca saw a record high temperature broken when the high reached 61 degrees, breaking the old record of 60 degrees, set just 4 years ago in 2022.
Yet again, another record high was seen in the Crestone-Baca when today, Thursday, March 5, we tied the record high for the date at 59 degrees. This record was first reached back in 2006.
Sunday sees a Record High Temperature Broken
(posted by Keno on March 2, at 142 am)
For the third time in 13 days, the Crestone-Baca broke a record for the highest temp ever seen for the date. Now, I hate to repeat myself from what I wrote last week, but since the almost same exact thing happened on Sunday as it did last Tuesday, here comes the repeat: Our thermometer surpassed the old record for the date of 59 degrees - which was only set last year in 2025, as yesterday (March 1) we reached a high of 61 degrees.... The last sentence of that statement is identical to what I wrote here last week, as I just copy and past what you see there, other than one simple difference, that being the high temp yesterday was one degree warmer than a week ago. But I can't ever recall being able to use the same exact sentence like that, when writing about another record high reading. Weird indeed!
