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Weather in Parachute, CO · National Weather Service + NOAA

Parachute is warming faster than most towns

Parachute has cold, snowy winters and hot summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 92°, a January night drops to 13°, and about 54 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 51°, and lows to 24°.

Winter 41°/15°Spring 65°/34°Summer 89°/54°Fall 66°/35°
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Sunrise 8:41 am · sunset 7:09 pm

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What stands out about Parachute’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 1.9° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 92% of U.S. towns.A dry climateJust 11 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 442 of 481 Colorado towns.Plenty of 90° daysAbout 54 days a year reach 90°.
A normal year

Where today sits in Parachute’s year

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

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Winter
41° / 15°
20 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
65° / 34°
Last frost around May 11
Summer
89° / 54°
54 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
66° / 35°
First frost around Oct 4
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 4). Last frost next spring: May 11
Best months to be outside
MaySep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Parachute get?About 54 inches a winter.When is it wettest?September, with 1.5 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.9° 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 Parachute itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Altenbern, CO (18 mi, snow) and Rifle Garfield Co Airport, CO (18 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.