Colorado, from a New Yorker's point of view

It is in the upper 70′s today.  I’m sitting outside wishing I put shorts and sandals on.  Part of the focus of this site is to explore the differences between NY & CO.  Weather is definitely one of the main differences.

The weather is schizophrenic.  That is really the only way to describe it.  Never before, in my three plus decades on this planet have I needed to break out my winter coat in September.  My close friends all know that I hate the cold.  I was subjected to tons of ridicule when a Rockies playoff game got canceled because it was so cold and snowy.  That was the same 26 degree day I did my Red Rocks 5k.  The following Sunday it was in the upper 70s.

Last week Colorado got hit with a major snow storm.  It was two and half days of snow.  The official measurement from my neighbor’s patio was 20 inches.  I was going to take a picture of it the day after it stopped snowing, but in had already started to melt.  Two days after the storm the majority of the snow was gone and I didn’t need a jacket to be outside.  And here, a week later I’m wishing I was in shorts.

The climate is also much drier than NY.  If that much snow melts in NY the ground would stay wet for weeks.