10-Year-Old Utah Boy Catches 41-Pound Lake Trout Almost Breaking Record A 10-year-old fisherman recently caught a fish that nearly broke a state record for Utah. Related: Droppin’ A Line: Why Do Skiers Like To Fly Fish In The Off-Season? Tyler Grimshaw, from Utah, hooked the 41-pound lake trout in the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, on the border of Utah and Wyoming, according to The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. […] SnowBrains | June 16, 2020 0 Comments
NOAA: May 2020 Tied for Hottest on Record for the Globe The globally averaged temperature departure from average for May 2020 tied with 2016 as the highest for the month of May in the 141-year NOAA global temperature dataset record, which dates back to 1880. This monthly summary, developed by scientists at NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides to government, business, […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 15, 2020 0 Comments
First US Paragliding Flight Over 500km Has Just Taken Place in Texas A new national paragliding record (507km) has been set by Sebastien Kayrouz in Texas this week, and also marks the first 500km paraglider flight ever in the USA. After launching by foot from 2,000 foot Caprock Mountain, Kayrouz was able to ride with the wind an astonishing 315 miles northward. He was in the air for over 10 hours, linking […] Elliot Levey | June 15, 2020 2 Comments
May 2020 Was the Hottest May in Recorded History May 2020 was the hottest May in recorded history. Global temperatures were 1.13℉ hotter than average, with Siberia experiencing temperatures 18℉ higher than normal. 2020 could be even hotter than 2016 which was the hottest year on record. The first five months of 2020 were the second warmest January-May period since 1979. Additionally, this past 12 month period, from June […] Weather Lynn Barlow | June 11, 2020 0 Comments
Denver, CO Currently Experiencing Coldest Daily Temperatures EVER Recorded Denver, CO just experienced one of its coldest Easters on record, with Monday, April 13th being a record low in the city’s history. The mercury dropped to frigid 16ºF early Monday morning, the coldest April 13 temperature EVER recorded in the Mile High City’s history, the NWS said. The previous record was 17ºF set in 1933. The daily also set a […] WeatherBrains | April 14, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: World’s Biggest EVER Firework Launched Above Steamboat Ski Area, CO this Weekend [arve url="https://youtu.be/ZyjKbx36k90"] SnowBrains | February 10, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Spotlight On: Mikaela Shiffrin, Most Dominant Skier of 2019 Twenty-four-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin is already off to a record-smashing start for the 2020 ski season as she secured her 41st slalom first-place victory in Finland last Saturday (Nov. 3), breaking ski legend Ingemar Stenmark’s previous record of 40 slalom victories. Shiffrin is one of the biggest athletes in today’s ski world and her career sparkles with phenomenal achievements and jawdropping […] Industry News Lucy Ferneyhough | November 29, 2019 0 Comments
Anchorage, AK Gets Snow After Warm November | Storm Breaks 3 Records. Last Saturday Anchorage saw its first major snowfall of November. Throughout the day, snow showers were reported along the city, leaving several inches of snow on what is its first measurable snow accumulation of the season. Intermittent showers produced a total of 5 to 9 inches of snow in the Anchorage Bowl, with the hillsides seeing even a higher amount […] Weather Micho | November 18, 2019 1 Comment