Click the link to read the article on the Pagosa Springs Sun website (Randi Pierce). Here’s an excerpt:
July 9, 2025
Pagosa Country could see above-normal temperatures and above-normal precipitation in mid-July, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) Climate Prediction Center’s outlook for July 14-18.
That aligns with Pagosa Weather’s July 8 forecast that suggests, “Weak monsoon activity will ramp up next week,” though the organization notes later in its forecast, “The 8-14 day period… Weak monsoon activity will ramp up. We’ll see more showers and thunderstorms most afternoons, but I don’t see any big soakings on the horizon.”
Drought
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, all of Archuleta County continued to be in drought as of July 1 — the most recent drought map available. The northwest portion of the county is listed as being in moderate drought, most of the county in severe drought and 10.64 percent of the eastern portion of the county in extreme drought…
River conditions
The San Juan River in Pagosa Springs was running at 41.9 cubic feet per second (cfs) as of noon on Wednesday, July 9, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The July 9 median streamflow for July 9 is 255 cfs, according to the USGS, with the mean flow for the same date being 447 cfs. According to 89 years of data, the lowest river flow on July 9 came in 2002, when the river’s streamflow was at 16.4 cfs. The highest streamflow for that date came in 1995, when the river was at 2,290 cfs. Pagosa Weather’s Shawn Prochazka notes the current river conditions can be fatal for fish.
