Public Information Statement
A new week brings another Record High Temperature reading to our area
(posted by Keno on Aug 10 at 106 am)
The heat wave in the Crestone/Baca continues as we enter a new week. The daily record high of 89 degrees, set in 2007, was broken when we saw a reading of 91 degrees in the late afternoon. This makes 7 record highs in the last 8 days.
Record High Temperatures Reached On: Sunday, Monday, Thursday & Saturday, tied on Wednesday & Friday, in the Crestone/Baca
(posted by Keno on Aug 3 at 612 am; updated Aug 4 at 255 am; update 2 posted on Aug 6 at 111 am; update 3 on Aug 7 at 224 am; update 4 on Aug 8 at 252 am; update 5 posted on Aug 9 at 208 am)
The Crestone Baca on Sunday, August 2, saw a record high temperature for the date when the thermometer reached 92 degrees at 448 pm. This reading broke the old record of 89 degrees, which took place in 2008.
Update: Then on August 3, for the second day in a row another record high was seen as the thermometer rose up to 91 degrees, tying the old record high which was first reached in 2005. Update 2: On Wednesday, August 5, a record high temp was tied at 91 degrees. The record was only just set 2 years ago in 2024. BTW, this reading, reached for the third time in 4 days this week, is just 2 degrees shy of the all time record high temperature for the month of August, which is 93 degrees, set on Aug 3, 2024. But also on Aug 5, two more record highs were reached, one for the low temp, when the thermometer only dropped down to 58 degrees, breaking the old record low high of 54 degrees, also set in 2024, and the average temperature for the day was also a record high of 75 degrees, breaking the old mark of 73 degrees and once again set in 2024.
Update 3: For August 6, yet another record high set, this time at 92 degrees, breaking the old record of 90 degrees, set in 2000. This latest record is just one degree off of the all time highest August reading ever seen in the Crestone Baca (see update 2 above for more on this). Update 4: On Friday, August 7, a record high temp was tied at 90 degrees. The record was first reached in 2000. Then, Update 5 - the finial record high for the week, as the high temperature for Saturday August 8 was 92 degrees, which breaks the old record 89 degrees, which was set in 2000. So for the week of Aug 2 thru 8, every day other than on Tuesday, Aug 4, saw a record high for the day either broken or tied.
This note made on Aug 6 at 150 am: For those who still don't think climate change is real, if we just look at this month of August and record high temps for our area, every record high temperature for each of the 31 days of the month - have taken place since the turn of this century - or in the last 26 years - except for just three dates - they are: August 13 (91 degrees) in 1996 and on Aug 30 and 31 - both happening in 1985 (at 88 and 89 degrees). Even more unreal, is if you take all of the days in the summer months of June, July, August and September - or a total of 124 days, only 9 of these days are left that saw their highest daily temperature being reach before 2000! Do note that official record keeping in the Crestone-Baca started in 1982. For the rest of the months of non summer days (that includes 100% of all the days) see a more even amount of daily highs reached in both the 20th and 21st century. And no, on the other end of this scale, this doesn't occur at all, at any time, with our record daily low temperatures being reached in all of the winter months' days. There's no question that our planet Earth is warming at record speeds never seen before by climate scientists since man stated taking official weather readings all over the planet, which for most places - and unlike in our little town, started seeing such official daily records first being taken way back in the mid 1800s.
