We’ve all heard about El Niño and the setup that usually brings a good amount of rain and snow to southern Colorado. The forecast for this winter calls for the biggest El Niño ever, and things are falling into place to support that.
Looking back at weather records from 1982-83, 1997-1998, and 2015-2016, we saw similar setups with El Niño here in Colorado. In each of those cases, we saw a normal to above-normal precipitation season.
It usually indicates a wet Fall, and that’s exactly what we have seen so far…