Briefly: 2026 water year was the ‘hottest ever’

Rocky Mountain PBS reports that the Colorado Climate Center’s newly released summary of the 2026 water year reveals that the year was substantially warmer than any other on record. Statewide temperatures from October 2025 through September 2026 were 4.5 degrees above the 1991-2020 average, and 2 degrees warmer than the next hottest recorded water year, which was 1934. The year was also the 18th driest in Colorado history.

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