Colorado Weather: 02-21-2026

Good morning! I'm Aaron Jolly, and welcome to the Colorado Weather Podcast. It's Saturday, February 17th. Folks, step outside right now and you'll feel winter reminding you who's boss. The Front Range is leading the pack at 17 degrees. That sounds almost balmy until you realize the Southern Front Range is sitting at 12. And the Western Slope? A bone chilling 10 degrees. That's the kind of cold where your car door handle fights back. Here's the deal. Winds are gentle today. Light southwest breezes at 3 miles an hour along the Front Range. Head south and a north wind picks up to 5 miles an hour. Nothing dramatic. The Western Slope barely has a breath of air moving. So at least the cold isn't biting through your jacket. The sky is your reward today. Completely dry. No snow. No clouds worth mentioning. Just pure Colorado blue from horizon to horizon. Air quality sits moderate at 55, so if you're sensitive, you'll want to keep the outdoor time reasonable. Here's something to smile about. We're gaining almost 3 minutes of daylight today. Sunrise at 6:32 A.M., sunset at 5:19 P.M. February is quietly doing its thing, stretching the days longer one sunrise at a time. Now here's your heads up for the week ahead. It stays quiet. No storms lurking. Temperatures creep up a degree or two each day, and by midweek the Front Range might flirt with the low 20s. But mornings stay frosty across the board. The Western Slope holds onto the deepest cold. Perfect weather for a Sugarloaf run if you ask me. Wait, wrong state. I mean Sunday River. No. I mean Copper Mountain. Bundle up either way. One more thing. If you're enjoying these daily updates, share us with a friend who hates weather surprises. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow. Stay safe out there!