Boulder County Long-Range Weather Forecast For July 2021

BOULDER COUNTY, CO — Mother Nature has a range of weather in store for Boulder County in July, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, which recently released its forecast for July 2021.

Summer officially begins June 20, and while many are looking forward to warm days filled with camping, park visits, bike rides and barbecues, the question remains — will the weather cooperate?

While it’s too early to determine what each day will bring, The Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts that the Front Range and High Plains regions — which include Denver's metro area and Boulder — will get hot, dry weather throughout the summer. The high country, however, is expected to get many showers.

Here's the long range almanac forecast for Boulder County:

• June 13 to June 19: A few thunderstorms, cool
• June 20 to June 30: Sunny, turning hot
• July 1 to July 4: Sunny, hot
• July 5 to July 9: A few thunderstorms, turning cool
• July 10 to July 17: Scattered thunderstorms, turning hot
• July 18 to July 26: A few thunderstorms, turning cool
• July 27 to July 31: Sunny, warm

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Across the nation, Mother Nature will bring the heat to a significant portion of the United States, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac forecast.

Temperatures are predicted to be hotter than normal in areas including the Atlantic Corridor, the eastern Great Lakes region and the Upper Midwest, south to parts of the Intermountain region. Parts of the Pacific Northwest, coastal California and Alaska may also see warmer temperatures.

Rainfall is also expected to be greater than normal in Northeast states, the eastern Great Lakes region and much of the West Coast. The Rocky Mountain region can also expect a wet summer.

The Almanac’s weather forecast methodology comes from a secret formula that was created by its founder, Robert Thomas, in 1792. The exact prediction process remains a secret, but the periodical discloses that it uses solar science, climatology and meteorology to make its forecasts.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac, which is not to be confused with its rival forecast predictor, Farmers’ Almanac, is North America’s oldest continuously published periodical, according to its website.

Farmers’ Almanac has also released its summer 2021 predictions. Unlike its rival’s predictions, it comes with a warning: the potential for severe storms will be higher than usual.

Summer temperatures are expected to rise above normal for about two-thirds of the country, especially in the south and east. Typically, the hottest summer weather occurs in last July or early August; this year's hottest temperatures could happen in late August and early September.

Other early forecasts for Colorado also predict hot and dry weather, and above-normal wildfire potential; however, Colorado's firefighting resources expanded after the 2020 wildfire season — $54 million has been allocated for response and prevention efforts in our state.