Record High Temperature broken in Crestone-Baca on Thursday, Sunday and Monday
(Posted by Keno on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024 at 1202 am; updated on Monday, Aug 5 at 629 am, second update on Tuesday, Aug 6 at 128 am)

A record high temperature was set in the Crestone-Baca on Thursday afternoon when the thermometer rose all the way up to 92 degrees, breaking the old record for the date of 90 degrees, set in 2002.

Another record high was reached on Sunday, August 4, when we surpassed the old record of 89 degrees, set in 2008, with a new record high of 93 degrees, reached in the late afternoon at 358 pm.

For the third time in the last 5 days, the Crestone-Baca saw a record high temperature reach when on Monday, August 5, the temp climbed to 91 degrees, breaking the old record high for the date of 89 degrees, set in 2009.

Special note - a very important message..... In regard to what I wrote in the past about the NWS getting things wrong.... Please understand that our local NWS weather office is located very far away from Crestone, in Pueblo, and they don't know this area like us locals do. It isn't their fault that corrupt politicians years ago closed down local weather forecast offices all over the country - including our local office in Alamosa. If that old office was still open today (and it still should be), this won't had happen. Now, do beware that the same kind of politicians today want to see NOAA totally shut down and leave our forecasts to private companies, as stated in Project 2025!.. This will happen if Project 2025 takes effect! It will be totally outrageous if Project 2025 is implement! If you think things are bad now, just wait and see how bad things will be with NOAA gone! NOAA, among other things, is in charge of everything weather related, and not just forecasts! Believe me, you don't want private companies in charge of putting out weather warnings and making out our daily forecasts, even if I'm okay at doing it here. I'm not a private, big business/company. I'm just an old man who's been doing this for the love of my community and for my love for studying the weather - and not for the love of money, as would be the only reason for big businesses taking over our forecasts.

I try to not be political here at our Crestone-Baca Weather Center, but for something as important as this, I sure as shit will take a stand here! So please!.... read up on Project 2025 - it's isn't just weather forecasting that they will be messing up, but many other things that we take for granted everyday, as this Project 2025 will put us all back in the dark ages! Please vote against any politician who wants to see this disaster of a plan and new law of the land to be passed and put into place! It was bad enough years ago when they closed down all of our needed local weather offices, this Project 2025 will be even worst for us - far worst - mark my words! 

Keno