This is a Real San Juan Winter!

Wednesday: 31.4 degrees at 7:00 AM, snow blowing horizontal up canyon. Above freezing 8:00 AM until dusk. Slushy snow in the street. 37.0 degree high Thursday: 25.7 degrees grey, overcast and still. Blue by mid-morning. Variable and gusty North breeze. Periodically overcast afternoon.

So Stay Strong!

Wednesday 14.1 degrees at 7 am. Cirrus up canyon. Very slight downcanyon air movement. My 9 am wind in the wires. Then blowing snow36. 8 degree high. Thursday, 3.0 degrees and still. Faint cirrus and more pronounced downcanyon. Sun without wind. Too nice a day to be inside. 41.5 degree high.

From The Standard Mail Car

To all of the sponsors, partners, volunteers, and everyone who made Silverton Skijoring 2023 possible, THANK YOU!

No One Wants More Wind!

Wednesday: meteorological spring begins today. Except you wouldn’t know that up here! 17.6 degrees with tiny flakes falling heavy vertically at 7:00 AM ratcheting up soon after. Gusty blowing snowfall afternoon. Lion dash not lamb! 23.0 degree high Tuesday: negative 4.9 degrees Bluebird beginning!

Flying Horses!

Wednesday: 12.9 degrees at 7:00 AM with 9.8 inches additional. Coldest day in February. Snowy plus blowy! 19.9 degrees hi Tuesday: 22.9, our coldest night yet. Clear and still. Little air movement and calm until late afternoon. Deep winter day! 20.1 degree high Friday: 20.

From The Standard Mail Car

Dear Editor The Town of Silverton would like to thank everyone that participated, volunteered, and donated to this year’s 2023 Silverton Snowscape - Rockin’ & Rollin’ event!

Diurnal Swing!

Mr. Sun smiled on us for most of most days this weather week. We also had the closest thing to a heat wave so far in 2023. Including our current hottest day of the year on Friday at 44.7 following -13.9 before sun up. That my friends is a real diurnal swing! That is just the way it went this week.

What Do You Want?

Wednesday- negative 8.6 degrees at 7:00 AM. With nearly invisible snowflakes falling ever so lightly! Hardly our coldest day so far this year! 20.1 degree high Thursday- negative 20.8 degrees, air still in once again- we are the coldest spot in Colorado!

Even more snow!

Wednesday 18.1 degrees at 7:00 AM with four inches measured and 0.2 inches water content. Snowing gently with lots of wind drift. Snow showers continued with occasional clearing. 27.6 degree high Thursday- negative 12.1 degrees ice fog plus diamond dust just after sunup!

From The Standard Mail Car

Since the Gold King Mine release in 2015, USEPA has spent approximately $110 million addressing issues regarding metal discharges from mine sites around Silverton. Locally, people wonder whose is keeping track of what’s going on and providing input.