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COMET’s Matt Kelsch, shown here checking weather instruments
at the cooperative observing climate station on the grounds of NIST,
plays a key role in keeping Boulder weather records. Every afternoon
at a set time (and sometimes more than once a day), he records readings
at this Stevenson screen from a maximum thermometer, a minimum thermometer,
a snowboard, and a rain gauge—thereby providing the National
Weather Service with Boulder’s official high and low temperature
and precipitation for the preceding 24 hours. NOAA’s John Brown
works with Matt to ensure all days are covered. March is usually the
snowiest month in Boulder, but this past March was drier than average
and the fourth warmest since recordkeeping began in 1893. Matt warns, “It
certainly raises concerns that drought conditions will re-intensify
if April and May are not wet."
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UCAR recognizes staff who worked on technologies that were
granted recent U.S. patents.