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Weather in Hotchkiss, CO · National Weather Service + NOAA

Hotchkiss is warming faster than most towns

Hotchkiss has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 92°, a January night drops to 16°, and about 41 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 52° and a normal night drops to 26°.

Winter 42°/18°Spring 65°/35°Summer 89°/55°Fall 67°/36°
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Sunrise 8:42 am · sunset 7:06 pm

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What stands out about Hotchkiss’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Warming faster than mostThe last 30 years averaged 2.3° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 99% of U.S. towns.A dry climateJust 12 inches of rain and melted snow a year, less than 97% of U.S. towns.Warmer summers than most of ColoradoJuly afternoons average 92°, warmer than 429 of 481 Colorado towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Hotchkiss’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
42° / 18°
17 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
65° / 35°
Last frost around May 3
Summer
89° / 55°
45 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
67° / 36°
First frost around Oct 12
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 12). Last frost next spring: May 3
Best months to be outside
MaySep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Hotchkiss get?About 41 inches a winter.When is it wettest?September, with 1.4 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+2.3° vs. the 20th century.

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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 Hotchkiss itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Paonia 1sw, CO (6 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.