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Colorado’s accidental climatologist taps 52 years of daily winter weather reports to confirm a troubling trend

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billy barr, 74, sits in his reading chair in his home in Gothic, Colorado on February 16, 2026. barr is currently reading the journals kept by his father who served in the Navy during World War 2. barr has lived in Gothic for over 50 years keeping unofficial weather records that have gained importance for the study of climate research. barr settled in Gothic in the 1970’s as a graduate student in environmental sciences from Rutgers University and lives alone in historic mining town of Gothic, home to the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab. (Dean Krakel, Special to The Colorado Sun) " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/billi-barr-010-edited-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C585&ssl=1" /> From his remote cabin in the once snowier hinterlands above Gothic, billy barr tracks decades of warming, snow-starved winters

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