Not only have Colorado’s wildfires grown bigger and burned hotter in recent years, but experts now say the wildfire season lasts all year. So we're not out of the woods yet.
over the summer and much of the rest of the country. If those higher-than-normal temperatures continue into the fall months and La Niña conditions persist, that could make for a hot and dry season again raising the wildfire risk, Bollinger said.predicts that most of Colorado is at “normal” risk for wildfires this month and next, though the northeast corner of the state sits at an “above normal” risk level.
“Our risk is really going to be based on when that moisture machine is going to shut off and how long of a period we have where conditions are dry and how warm we are,” Bollinger said.Click markers for details, use buttons to change what wildfires are shown. Map data is automatically updated by government agencies and could lag real-time events.
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