The climate of Grand Junction (Colorado
- United States of America)
Grand Junction is a medium sized city located in the western part of
Colorado. It is the largest city in this region. Grand Junction is
located in Mesa County on the spot where the Gunnison River flows into
the Colorado River. The city and the region are very popular among
mountain bikers. Most of them cycle here from the city of Moab which
is located in Utah. The best known trails are the Tabeguache trail and
the Kokopelli trail. Grand Junction has a cold steppe climate with low
precipitation figures and many hours of sunshine. Grand Junction gets
3,200 hours of annual sunshine on average. Winters are cold, longer
periods with subzero temperatures are not uncommon. However, subzero
temperatures mainly occur during the night. Grand Junction gets about
200 millimeters (8 inches) of annual precipitation. Because of these
low precipitation figures the climate of Grand Junction has
characteristics of a cold desert climate.
Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records.
They are an average for Grand Junction:
average maximum
temperature (°C)
average
minimum
temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine
per day
average days with
precipitation
per month
average
mm precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January
2
-10
6
6
n/a
February
8
-6
7
6
n/a
March
13
-1
8
8
n/a
April
19
3
9
7
n/a
May
24
8
11
7
n/a
June
31
13
12
6
n/a
July
34
16
12
7
n/a
August
32
15
11
7
n/a
September
27
10
10
6
n/a
October
20
5
8
5
n/a
November
11
-3
6
6
n/a
December
4
-8
6
6
n/a
= 0-5 mm ●
= 6-30 mm ●
= 31-60 mm ●
= 61-100 mm ●
= 101-200 mm ●
=
over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches
More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression
of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain
period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather,
extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate
information for each month of the year:
Disclaimer
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