I recently was asked about a graph of Teton County, WY temperatures that appeared in an article from High Country News, April 6th, 2026. After briefly studying the graph (seen below), I realized that it was constructed from what I will call contrived data. Call it manipulated, manufactured, homogenized, or whatever term you like, but it … Continue reading NOAA’s Climate Data doesn’t match the Real Data →

Jackson, Wyoming was not the only place in the West that experienced what was perhaps the weirdest winter ever. It wouldn’t matter if you have lived here only a few years or over 50 years, it was undoubtedly the weirdest due to the lack of snow in the valley and the unusually warm temperatures throughout … Continue reading The Weird Winter of 2025-26 →

Earth’s atmosphere is made up of many different kinds of gas, most are naturally occurring, some are added unnaturally. Some are considered greenhouse gasses, some are not. In this post I will break down the chemical make-up of the atmosphere that surrounds our globe and explain what effect some of these gasses have on temperatures … Continue reading Our Atmosphere has a Gas Problem →

The real significance of Groundhog Day, on February 2nd every year, is that it marks the halfway point of the Winter Season. It is the midway point between the Winter Solstice (Dec. 21) and the Spring Equinox (Mar. 20). Essentially, we have also reached the midway point of the ski season as well. The first … Continue reading Unusual 1st Half of Winter 2025-26 →

The weather we had in Jackson Hole in December 2025 can be summed up with the title of an old Clint Eastwood movie: “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”. Warm temperatures and rain in December are not the norm for Jackson Hole. But unusual weather patterns cause unusual weather, and that is what we … Continue reading Weirdest December Ever →

Jackson Hole just experienced one of its warmest and driest Novembers on record, with a persistent weather pattern throughout most of the month that left a Ridge of High pressure sitting over a good portion of the Western United States and the Northern Rockies. Few storm systems were able to penetrate this Ridge, the storms … Continue reading An Exceptionally Warm and Dry November →

Fall is upon us, with cooler temperatures and a little snow showing up in the mountains in early October. This is the time of year when our mindset begins making the transition from hiking, biking, boating, and fishing to thoughts of skiing, snowboarding, snow-machining, or heading south to a warmer climate. Given the change in … Continue reading Winter Outlook for 2025-26 →

The weather ultimately determines how bad our fire season will be. How dry, how hot, and for how long. Once fires do start, their size, intensity, and potential destruction will be determined by which way and how fast the wind blows. Two large fires that have currently been burning, one in southern Utah, and one … Continue reading Are Wildfires Getting Worse? →

In the summer months a good portion of our precipitation here in Jackson Hole, and throughout most of the Mountain West will be produced by thunderstorms. So, to help you avoid being caught out in a thunderstorm, and its associated lightning, I’ll give you a few hints on what to watch for in the sky, … Continue reading Thunderstorms and Lightning Safety →

I know it’s the time of year when everyone is thinking about spring and eager for warm and sunny weather, but it is also time to do my recap of the winter season. In this week’s column, I’ll review Jackson’s weather from December through March, to see how this winter compared to last winter and … Continue reading Winter 2024-25 in Review →