Assistant Colorado state climatologist Becky Bolinger watched the weather unfold with excitement and some disbelief as she dug through the data — she knew that Colorado would have a station that would show a big swing.
"South Dakota released theirs first," she said. "We weren't able to see it in our data yet. But we looked, I was watching a whole bunch of different stations across the Front Range and Eastern Plains to see if we could find it. And we did."
Bolinger actually found two stations with 100+ degree temps to snow, Ordway, and also La Junta, which went from 101 to 3.4 inches of snow.
"Our state climate offices, we like to have a bit of that competitive nature with other states, it happens a lot on different climate extremes," Bolinger said. "It's definitely all in good fun, and we like witnessing the record anywhere that they happen."
She notes the not-so-fun part is that an event like this could mean "we're in this like, little frightening climate change signal."
It's a hard thing because folks get into meteorology because the weather excites them.
"So when you're watching the most perfect storm develop, it's equal parts awe in what you're seeing and terror at what it's ultimately going to mean and the impact it's going to have," she said.
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