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Aspen, Colorado

Aspen weather

Elevation 7,908 ftObserved 4:10 PMNearest station Aspen, in townForecast grid GJT 156,102

Right now

Station 4:10 PM

Temperature

56°F

Feels like 56°

Wind

5 mph NW

Humidity

50%

Dew point 38°

UV index

–

Air quality

–

Pressure

–

Visibility

10 mi

Hour by hour

Through tomorrow evening

Temperature over rain chance, sharing one hour axis. Drag across it to read any hour.

NWS hourly grid · Updated 1h ago
65°36°now
Rain chance41%
4 PM12 AM8 AM4 PM12 AM8 AM3 PM
Hour by hour temperature and chance of precipitation
HourTemperatureChance of precipitation
4 PM56 degrees29 percent
5 PM54 degrees30 percent
6 PM51 degrees30 percent
7 PM48 degrees25 percent
8 PM47 degrees20 percent
9 PM46 degrees15 percent
10 PM44 degrees11 percent
11 PM43 degrees6 percent
12 AM42 degrees2 percent
1 AM41 degrees2 percent
2 AM40 degrees2 percent
3 AM38 degrees2 percent
4 AM38 degrees3 percent
5 AM37 degrees6 percent
6 AM36 degrees7 percent
7 AM36 degrees7 percent
8 AM37 degrees7 percent
9 AM41 degrees7 percent
10 AM50 degrees7 percent
11 AM54 degrees7 percent
12 PM58 degrees14 percent
1 PM60 degrees14 percent
2 PM61 degrees14 percent
3 PM62 degrees16 percent
4 PM61 degrees16 percent
5 PM60 degrees16 percent
6 PM55 degrees0 percent
7 PM48 degrees0 percent
8 PM46 degrees0 percent
9 PM45 degrees0 percent
10 PM43 degrees0 percent
11 PM42 degrees0 percent
12 AM42 degrees0 percent
1 AM41 degrees0 percent
2 AM40 degrees0 percent
3 AM40 degrees0 percent
4 AM39 degrees0 percent
5 AM39 degrees0 percent
6 AM38 degrees1 percent
7 AM38 degrees1 percent
8 AM41 degrees1 percent
9 AM44 degrees1 percent
10 AM50 degrees1 percent
11 AM57 degrees1 percent
12 PM63 degrees41 percent
1 PM64 degrees41 percent
2 PM65 degrees41 percent
3 PM65 degrees41 percent

Next seven days

Open a day for what the forecaster wrote
TodayOct 19Chance Showers And Thunderstorms63° 36°30%
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Northwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
TueOct 20Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers62° 38°16%
A slight chance of rain showers after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. West northwest wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
WedOct 21Partly Sunny then Chance Rain Showers67° 44°85%
A chance of rain showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
ThuOct 22Showers And Thunderstorms64° 43°97%
Rain showers likely before noon, then showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
FriOct 23Rain Showers Likely59° 34°67%
Rain showers likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 59.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SatOct 24Chance Snow Showers56° 32°43%
A chance of snow showers before 9am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 56.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SunOct 25Sunny60° 34°11%
Sunny, with a high near 60.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction

What today means in Aspen

Each line names the number behind it

Frost possible by morning, low near 36

Cover tender plants and move pots against the house. Cold air pools in the low spots, so gardens on a slope come through better.

Snow in the forecast saturday

Chance Snow Showers. Passes change first and stay changed longest.

Cool window: 36° at 6 AM

The day climbs about 27 degrees from there, so anything outside is easier before the middle of the morning.

Around Aspen today

Rivers

Roaring Fork at Glenwood Springs

501 cfs and steady, water 53°. About 37 miles from Aspen.

7 gauges on the Slope

Trails

Stein Trail

Mountain Biking, in town.

8 spots within 25 miles

Safety

Willow Fire

DAILY UPDATES: English (pdf) | MAPS: Public Information | Progression INITIAL SITUATION: The Willow Fire located approximately 6 m...

Safety and alerts

The long view

Aspen weather in October

The record

October pulls the mornings down fast in Aspen while the afternoons hold on. Normal for October here is a high near 54 and a low near 28, with about 2.2 inches of precipitation. Today's forecast high of 63 is running 9 degrees above the normal 54.

The upper Roaring Fork valley stays cool through summer nights and turns storm prone above treeline by early afternoon.

When it snows in Aspen

October normally brings 2.2 inches of precipitation, and at 7,908 feet most of it falls as snow. In the current forecast the chance peaks around 12 PM at 41 percent. 5 of the next seven days carry a chance of 30 percent or better.

Normals 1995 to 2024 · Open-Meteo archive

Aspen readings come from the Aspen station in town. The forecast is the National Weather Service grid over Aspen itself, cell GJT 156,102. Air quality and the thirty year normals come from Open-Meteo.