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• Cold weather car care

  December 6, 2011 12:35 PM

  Freezing temperatures can quickly take a toll on our cars, the battery in particular. Service managers at Daniels Long Chevrolet in Colorado Springs says the average car battery lasts about three years in our climate. Zan Zanandrie, who oversees the parts and service departments at all of the Phil... more »

• Healthy heat beating habits

  July 20, 2011 5:38 PM

  Seniors have difficulty sensing temperature extremes and may not realize they are experiencing heat trauma. One local organization is stepping-up its effort to help elderly develop healthy heat beating habits. Warning signs and symptoms of heat trauma include nausea, vomiting, fatigue, body aches, headache, dizziness, muscle cramps, and... more »

• Game on for Sky Sox

  May 11, 2011 12:51 PM

  The gloomy weather won't stop Colorado Springs Sky Sox and the Iowa Cubs from playing baseball at Security Service Field this morning. Sox pitcher Josh Muecke (1-3 ERA 5.59)takes the mound against Cubs pitcher Jay Jackson (1-1 ERA 5.31). With temperatures expected to be in the low 30's at... more »

• Loveland Ski Area waiting to making snow

  September 29, 2010 9:02 AM

  While cities along Colorado's Front Range are baking in record-high temperatures, Loveland snowmakers are cooling their heels with their fingers on the start button. The Loveland Ski Area saw the first snowfall of the season last week. Ski area employees took advantage of the cold and revved up the... more »

• Another day of searing heat on tap for California

  September 28, 2010 8:28 AM

  Temperatures will start to edge down in California today but not before another day of scorching heat. Forecasters say it won't be quite as bad as yesterday when a blistering fall heat wave broke records across the state, including an all-time high of 113 degrees in downtown Los Angeles.... more »

• Mother Nature helping California firefighters

  July 29, 2010 8:43 AM

  Cooler temperatures and calmer winds are helping firefighters in their battle against the wildfire that's burned homes and forced hundreds of evacuations near California's Mojave Desert. The more than 1,400-acre blaze that chased residents from the Old West Ranch community about 10 miles south of Tehachapi was 25 percent... more »

• Hot weather heats up business in cool mountains

  July 23, 2010 8:34 AM

  Business is heating up in Colorado's mountains as the temperatures keep rising at the lower elevations. The Frisco/Copper Visitor Information Center has been getting in between 30 and 50 people an hour, the kind of numbers not seen since the recession. The center expects to set a record this... more »

• Beat the heat! Tips to stay safe as temps soar

  July 13, 2010 11:06 AM

  If you keep your eye on trending words used in internet searches, over the past week you've seen "air conditioners," "fans" and other key words as people nationwide try to beat the heat. Today will be the hottest day of the week with many areas of Southern Colorado in... more »

• East Coast to get relief from heat, not humidity

  July 8, 2010 8:33 AM

  The likelihood of just 80- or 90-degree weather in the East sounds downright delectable after four days of a steamy heat wave. The National Weather Service forecasts less brutal heat throughout the region Thursday, though it's still likely to be uncomfortably humid. Eastern cities have been roasting. Heat... more »

• Balmy spring shortens maple syrup season for some

  March 25, 2010 8:38 AM

  Spring has sprung in northern New England - and that's bad news for maple syrup makers, who say warm weather is stunting sugaring season in some places. Warm weather through much of March has meant a short sap season in parts of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, where maple... more »

• Frigid, but not much snow

  January 7, 2010 6:56 AM

  A wave of biting cold is moving south across the Front Range, dropping temperatures 20 degrees in its wake. To the south, where there is cloud cover, the mercury was around 10 degrees. To the north, like in Fort Collins where the clouds have cleared, the temperature had rapidly dropped... more »

• Dangerously cold this morning

  December 9, 2009 7:33 AM

  It's bitterly, miserably cold outside--to the point of being dangerous. Temperatures, with wind chill, are double digits below zero. This is the day to layer every article of clothing you have--and don't worry about your hair--it's going to be a bad hair day for everyone. I-25 is dry, but... more »

• Brr! Record cold

  December 3, 2009 8:38 AM

  It's one of those mornings when you step outside, take a deep breath--and cough because you've shocked your lungs. And it's going to get worse. The high temperatures today will set a record for being the lowest high. Tonight, record low temperatures. There are some school delays .... more »

• California wildfire stalled by record low temperatures

  October 7, 2009 10:50 AM

  A low-pressure system that's brought record low temperatures to Southern California is helping firefighters battle a blaze near the mountain community of Wrightwood. The fire in the San Bernardino Mountains was 75 percent contained Wednesday morning and hadn't grown. Evacuation orders for thousands of people were lifted on Tuesday. The... more »