Colorado's Weather  

Colorado's Weather can change in the blink of an eye. We are very luck to be able to enjoy all four seasons. We know that the seasons occur because of the Earth's tilt. 

As we know the Earth revolves around the sun because of the tilt and the time of the rotation of the sun we will be experiencing four seasons (Summer, Spring,Winter,and Fall)

How the seasons happen 

  Colorado is located on the Northern Hemisphere. We are able to see where it faces when it rotates during each of the labeled seasons. 

 

 

 

 

Equator

Colorado is also located further from the equator. As it says in the image above that the rays of the sun are almost directly above the equators location. Colorado is above the equator so the temperatures are not as high as those states and counties near or on the equator,
  

The Earths tilt is 23.5 degrees. When the northern hemisphere of the earth is  tilted toward the sun (Summer and spring) The earth and Colorado are facing the sun for a longer period of time. When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the earth there is less time to be in the sun and the earth will be cooler. During summer and spring the waves from the solar output we are getting are longer well waves in the winter would be cooler. The earths tilt and the location of Colorado is the reason Colorado experiences all four seasons.

 http://sciencenetlinks.com/science-news/science-updates/tilted-earth/

http://sciencemonday.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/23-5-degrees-seasons-on-earth/ 

The two pages I used for research

The earths tilt and the location of Colorado is the reason Colorado experiences all four seasons.