I'm Becky and I'm the Assistant State Climatologist at the Colorado Climate Center with Colorado State University. My passion is climate services. I like to get climate data and information to people who can use it to make decisions. My days include monitoring current climate conditions around the state of Colorado, answering media questions, presenting to different audiences (including farmers and water managers), providing climate data, and communicating climate issues to students, other scientists, and the general public. Here on my page, you'll find a sample of some of my media interviews, articles I've written, and products I've developed that use climate data.
CSU climate report warns of more drought and wildfires
January 8, 2024 on 9News
Colorado snowpack off to a below-average start
December 29, 2023 in the Denver Gazette
Another good winter of snow could help recharge the Colorado River
December 10, 2023 in Aspen Daily News
Winter snow could help recharge the Colorado River. But what if it doesn't?
November 6, 2023 on KUNC
After a wet water year, can Colorado hope for a repeat? Not quite, experts say.
September 27, 2023 in the Colorado Sun
Report: West particularly hard hit by hotter fall temperatures
September 7, 2023 on KUNR Public Radio
3rd Edition of the Climate Change in Colorado Report
Published on January 8, 2024
County Precipitation Tool
This tool was developed for Livestock Wx to help ranchers determine the precipitation characteristics
in their county. Many times, average precipitation is not a useful metric. Select a county
and a timescale to see the entire distribution of precipitation for that time period. You'll
notice that it might not follow a normal distribution, and for certain parts of the country,
precipitation is below average more often than above average.