Grant, Colorado
Grant, Colorado | |
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 Approaching Grant from the east on U.S. Route 285, May 2010 | |
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| Coordinates: 39°27′35″N 105°39′42″W / 39.45972°N 105.66167°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Colorado |
| Counties | Park[1] |
| Elevation | 8,606 ft (2,623 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code[3] | 80448 |
| GNIS feature ID | 204726[2] |
Grant is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Park County, Colorado, United States.
Description
The community is located in foothills of the Front Range in the upper valley of the North Fork South Platte River, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Kenosha Pass. It sits along U.S. Route 285 approximately 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Denver. It consists largely of a retired general store, post office, and surrounding houses and trailers along the south side of the highway and along the north side of the river. The Grant Post Office has the ZIP Code 80448.[3] Grant is located at the mouth of Geneva Creek where it descends southward from the Front Range. County Road 62 follows the creek northward to Guanella Pass, leading to Georgetown in the canyon of Clear Creek.
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Grant has a warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.
| Climate data for Grant, Colorado, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1963–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 58 (14) |
58 (14) |
66 (19) |
76 (24) |
82 (28) |
90 (32) |
89 (32) |
88 (31) |
84 (29) |
77 (25) |
67 (19) |
58 (14) |
90 (32) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 49.2 (9.6) |
50.7 (10.4) |
59.2 (15.1) |
65.7 (18.7) |
74.7 (23.7) |
82.1 (27.8) |
84.2 (29.0) |
81.2 (27.3) |
77.6 (25.3) |
70.5 (21.4) |
58.3 (14.6) |
49.8 (9.9) |
85.0 (29.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 33.7 (0.9) |
35.5 (1.9) |
43.3 (6.3) |
49.0 (9.4) |
59.0 (15.0) |
70.4 (21.3) |
74.9 (23.8) |
72.1 (22.3) |
65.8 (18.8) |
54.2 (12.3) |
41.7 (5.4) |
33.1 (0.6) |
52.7 (11.5) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 21.5 (−5.8) |
22.5 (−5.3) |
29.8 (−1.2) |
35.7 (2.1) |
44.5 (6.9) |
53.9 (12.2) |
59.1 (15.1) |
56.9 (13.8) |
50.1 (10.1) |
39.8 (4.3) |
29.1 (−1.6) |
21.1 (−6.1) |
38.7 (3.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 9.2 (−12.7) |
9.4 (−12.6) |
16.3 (−8.7) |
22.4 (−5.3) |
29.9 (−1.2) |
37.5 (3.1) |
43.3 (6.3) |
41.7 (5.4) |
34.5 (1.4) |
25.4 (−3.7) |
16.5 (−8.6) |
9.1 (−12.7) |
24.6 (−4.1) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −8.1 (−22.3) |
−7.5 (−21.9) |
−0.7 (−18.2) |
8.1 (−13.3) |
19.5 (−6.9) |
29.9 (−1.2) |
37.4 (3.0) |
35.5 (1.9) |
24.9 (−3.9) |
10.5 (−11.9) |
−1.0 (−18.3) |
−8.4 (−22.4) |
−13.8 (−25.4) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −23 (−31) |
−30 (−34) |
−22 (−30) |
−10 (−23) |
2 (−17) |
20 (−7) |
27 (−3) |
25 (−4) |
7 (−14) |
−8 (−22) |
−18 (−28) |
−27 (−33) |
−30 (−34) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.56 (14) |
0.65 (17) |
1.04 (26) |
1.50 (38) |
1.73 (44) |
1.43 (36) |
2.58 (66) |
2.25 (57) |
1.44 (37) |
0.96 (24) |
0.65 (17) |
0.60 (15) |
15.39 (391) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 9.9 (25) |
10.4 (26) |
15.3 (39) |
13.8 (35) |
4.8 (12) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.8 (2.0) |
5.5 (14) |
9.6 (24) |
11.8 (30) |
82.0 (208) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 6.3 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 8.8 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 105.1 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 5.7 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 42.4 |
| Source 1: NOAA[4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service[5] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grant, Colorado
- ^ a b "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. December 27, 2006. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2006.
- ^ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
- ^ "NOAA Online Weather Data". National Weather Service. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
External links
Media related to Grant, Colorado at Wikimedia Commons
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