Illustration by Kevin Jeffers/The Colorado SunStory first appeared in:Here is just a sampling of things happening right now in Colorado that we can’t attribute solely to climate change, but that we know will be happening more and more often precisely because of climate change. Human-caused climate change pushed up average Colorado temperatures 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit from 1980 to 2022, according to Colorado State University’s 2024 climate update. Gent knows one year’s unfavorable weather is not climate change, but is also ready with the statistics showing that climate change is making this year’s drought the norm rather than the exception. There are equal chances climate change will make Colorado precipitation increase as it might decrease, Colorado Climate Center chief Russ Schumacher said. Amateur climatologists love to point out that one season’s anomalous weather does not equate to an era of climate change.

Source: Daily Sun March 22, 2026 12:18 UTC