A conspicuous lack of overheating in Colorado, two weeks before the summer solstice and hundreds of years after the Industrial Revolution

ReporterHerald- Chilly weather isn’t very June-like

The National Weather Service received readings of 6 inches of snow near Rabbit Ears Pass and 4 inches near Red Mountain Pass.

“People towing trailers and such may be leaving expecting some nicer weather, and when they get to the mountain passes, they’re going to say, ‘What’s this white stuff?’” said John Kyle of the National Weather Service office in Grand Junction.

“It’s such a late-season storm,” he said.

Colorado 5, which reaches the summit of 14,264-foot Mount Evans, was closed at Summit Lake, about 1,200 feet below the peak.