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Crested Butte, Colorado

Crested Butte weather

Elevation 8,909 ftObserved 4:10 PMNearest station Gunnison, 23 miForecast grid GJT 149,88

Right now

Station 4:10 PM

Temperature

61°F

Feels like 61°

Wind

–

Wind to 5 mph by 4 PM

Humidity

39%

Dew point 36°

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
56°33°now
Rain chance54%
4 PM12 AM8 AM4 PM12 AM8 AM3 PM
Hour by hour temperature and chance of precipitation
HourTemperatureChance of precipitation
4 PM52 degrees34 percent
5 PM51 degrees33 percent
6 PM50 degrees31 percent
7 PM46 degrees26 percent
8 PM44 degrees21 percent
9 PM42 degrees16 percent
10 PM40 degrees12 percent
11 PM39 degrees8 percent
12 AM38 degrees4 percent
1 AM36 degrees4 percent
2 AM36 degrees4 percent
3 AM35 degrees4 percent
4 AM35 degrees6 percent
5 AM34 degrees10 percent
6 AM34 degrees11 percent
7 AM34 degrees11 percent
8 AM34 degrees11 percent
9 AM38 degrees9 percent
10 AM45 degrees9 percent
11 AM48 degrees9 percent
12 PM52 degrees14 percent
1 PM54 degrees14 percent
2 PM54 degrees14 percent
3 PM55 degrees18 percent
4 PM55 degrees18 percent
5 PM54 degrees18 percent
6 PM51 degrees0 percent
7 PM46 degrees0 percent
8 PM43 degrees0 percent
9 PM41 degrees0 percent
10 PM40 degrees0 percent
11 PM38 degrees0 percent
12 AM38 degrees0 percent
1 AM36 degrees0 percent
2 AM35 degrees0 percent
3 AM34 degrees0 percent
4 AM34 degrees0 percent
5 AM34 degrees0 percent
6 AM33 degrees2 percent
7 AM33 degrees2 percent
8 AM36 degrees2 percent
9 AM39 degrees2 percent
10 AM44 degrees2 percent
11 AM49 degrees2 percent
12 PM54 degrees54 percent
1 PM55 degrees54 percent
2 PM56 degrees54 percent
3 PM56 degrees54 percent

Next seven days

Open a day for what the forecaster wrote
TodayOct 19Chance Showers And Thunderstorms55° 33°34%
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 55. West southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
TueOct 20Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers55° 33°18%
A slight chance of rain showers after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Northwest wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
WedOct 21Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms57° 39°91%
A chance of rain showers between noon and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
ThuOct 22Showers And Thunderstorms54° 38°97%
Rain showers likely before noon, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 54.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
FriOct 23Slight Chance T-storms51° 30°78%
Showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then a slight chance of thunderstorms and rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SatOct 24Chance Snow Showers48° 26°44%
A chance of snow showers before noon, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 48.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SunOct 25Sunny52° 28°11%
Sunny, with a high near 52.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction

What today means in Crested Butte

Each line names the number behind it

Frost possible by morning, low near 33

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: 34° at 5 AM

The day climbs about 21 degrees from there, so anything outside is easier before the middle of the morning.

Around Crested Butte today

Rivers

Roaring Fork at Glenwood Springs

501 cfs and steady, water 53°. About 50 miles from Crested Butte.

7 gauges on the Slope

Trails

Cement Creek Trail #9740

Hiking, in town.

8 spots within 25 miles

Roads

US-50E closed

Eastbound and westbound through lanes closed.

Road conditions

The long view

Crested Butte weather in October

The record

At 8,909 feet, October can hand Crested Butte a summer afternoon and a hard freeze in the same week. The forecast below comes from the National Weather Service grid over the town itself, so it reads 8,909 feet rather than the valley station.

This is deep snow country with a short, bright summer, and the wildflowers time themselves to when the snow finally leaves.

When it rains in Crested Butte

In the current forecast the chance peaks around 12 PM at 54 percent. 5 of the next seven days carry a chance of 30 percent or better.

Crested Butte readings come from the Gunnison station 23 miles south of town. The forecast is the National Weather Service grid over Crested Butte itself, cell GJT 149,88. Air quality data by Open-Meteo.