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CO - Durango, Durango-La Plata County Airport

Overcast
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  • Temperature: 46.4 °F
  • Wind: Calm
  • Pressure: 761 mmHg
  • Rel. Humidity: 49 %
  • Visibility: 10 mi
  • Sunrise: 12:00pm GMT
  • Sunset: 2:16am GMT
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May 20, 2013 - 3:53am

CO - Cortez, Cortez-Montezuma County Airport

Overcast, light rain
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  • Temperature: 51.8 °F
  • Wind: West-Northwest, 8.1 mph, gusts up to 18.4 mph
  • Pressure: 762 mmHg
  • Rel. Humidity: 50 %
  • Visibility: 10 mi
  • Sunrise: 12:03pm GMT
  • Sunset: 2:20am GMT
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CO - Pagosa Springs, Wolf Creek Pass

Scattered clouds
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  • Temperature: 32 °F
  • Wind: Southwest, 21.9 mph, gusts up to 29.9 mph
  • Pressure: 767 mmHg
  • Rel. Humidity: 59 %
  • Visibility: 10 mi
  • Sunrise: 11:56am GMT
  • Sunset: 2:12am GMT
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CO - Telluride, Telluride Regional Airport

Clear sky
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  • Temperature: 32 °F
  • Wind: Calm
  • Pressure: 764 mmHg
  • Rel. Humidity: 86 %
  • Visibility: 10 mi
  • Sunrise: 11:58am GMT
  • Sunset: 2:18am GMT
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May 20, 2013 - 5:35am
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Seven State Drought Plan

January 12, 2008--Diversions draining the mighty Colorado (Rocky Mountain News)

The Colorado River starts in Rocky Mountain National Park, on whose southwestern border it encounters the first of many dams and ditches. Because of diversions like this, the Colorado's muddy red waters don't always reach the blue Pacific Ocean.


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January 12, 2008--New reservoir to catch Colorado River flowing unused into Mexico (Denver Post)


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