Weather news - The Durango Herald

Wildfire season comes early

213 Fire caught regional agencies unprepared

DATE: Apr 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Haze blowing in from Siberia and California

Smoke blown in from fires in California and Siberia created a lingering haze over the La Plata Mountains on Monday evening and into Tuesday. The jet stream can bring both smoke an...

DATE: Apr 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Springtime in the Rockies

S.W. Colorado sees chance of snow for a couple of days

DATE: Apr 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

2015 was one of our worst for snowpack

The significant snowfall of late February and early March did little to position Colorado well for summer, the Natural Resources Conservation Service said in a news release. The p...

DATE: Apr 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Make way for breezy, cold and dry

Starting Wednesday, Durango residents should avail themselves of sweaters, hide their bulbs and deposit their cigarette butts into ashtrays. According to the National Weather Serv...

DATE: Apr 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

A warm, windy weekend

Durango highs will be in the 60s

DATE: Apr 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

This past winter sets global heat record

So, warm season wasn’t your imagination

DATE: Mar 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango Nordic Center closes for the season

Recent spring temperatures have turned the snowy trails at The Nordic Center at Purgatory to mud, forcing the center to close for the season Wednesday. There are no snowmaking ma...

DATE: Mar 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

It’s official: El Niño arrives

What does it mean for Southwest Colorado?

DATE: Mar 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snow to stay north of Durango; town to get graupel

The gathering clouds are an indication of an approaching storm, but it wonâ€™t leave much in the way of moisture in Durango, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Grand Junction...

DATE: Mar 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Swinging into spring

DATE: Mar 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Warm temps, low snow

Wet at airport, not in mountains

DATE: Mar 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday