Battlement Mesa is warming faster than most towns
Battlement Mesa has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 91°, a January night drops to 14°, and about 54 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 51°, and nights fall to 24°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Battlement Mesa’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Battlement Mesa’s year
Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.
Weather talk
Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in Battlement Mesa.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Battlement Mesa itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Altenbern, CO (20 mi, snow) and Rifle Garfield Co Airport, CO (16 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.