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Durango, Colorado

Durango weather

Elevation 6,512 ftObserved 4:40 PMNearest station Durango, in townForecast grid GJT 111,19

Right now

Station 4:40 PM

Temperature

65°F

Feels like 65°

Wind

5 mph S

Humidity

28%

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 14m ago
65°44°now
Rain chance88%
5 PM1 AM9 AM5 PM1 AM9 AM4 PM
Hour by hour temperature and chance of precipitation
HourTemperatureChance of precipitation
5 PM63 degrees14 percent
6 PM60 degrees17 percent
7 PM55 degrees17 percent
8 PM52 degrees18 percent
9 PM50 degrees18 percent
10 PM48 degrees22 percent
11 PM47 degrees25 percent
12 AM46 degrees29 percent
1 AM46 degrees32 percent
2 AM45 degrees34 percent
3 AM44 degrees37 percent
4 AM44 degrees33 percent
5 AM44 degrees25 percent
6 AM44 degrees22 percent
7 AM44 degrees22 percent
8 AM44 degrees22 percent
9 AM47 degrees22 percent
10 AM53 degrees22 percent
11 AM57 degrees22 percent
12 PM60 degrees16 percent
1 PM62 degrees16 percent
2 PM64 degrees16 percent
3 PM65 degrees18 percent
4 PM65 degrees18 percent
5 PM64 degrees18 percent
6 PM62 degrees0 percent
7 PM57 degrees0 percent
8 PM53 degrees0 percent
9 PM50 degrees0 percent
10 PM49 degrees0 percent
11 PM48 degrees0 percent
12 AM47 degrees4 percent
1 AM46 degrees4 percent
2 AM46 degrees4 percent
3 AM45 degrees4 percent
4 AM45 degrees4 percent
5 AM45 degrees4 percent
6 AM45 degrees61 percent
7 AM45 degrees61 percent
8 AM47 degrees61 percent
9 AM49 degrees61 percent
10 AM52 degrees61 percent
11 AM56 degrees61 percent
12 PM60 degrees88 percent
1 PM60 degrees88 percent
2 PM61 degrees88 percent
3 PM62 degrees88 percent
4 PM61 degrees88 percent

Next seven days

Open a day for what the forecaster wrote
TodayOct 19Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms68° 43°37%
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. West northwest wind around 5 mph.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
TueOct 20Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms65° 44°22%
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
WedOct 21Showers And Thunderstorms63° 48°98%
Rain showers likely before 9am, then showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
ThuOct 22Showers And Thunderstorms58° 46°100%
Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 58.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
FriOct 23Showers And Thunderstorms Likely55° 37°67%
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 55.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SatOct 24Chance Rain Showers55° 35°30%
A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 55.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SunOct 25Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny58° 37°19%
A slight chance of rain showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 58.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction

What today means in Durango

Each line names the number behind it

Cool window: 44° at 4 AM

The day climbs about 24 degrees from there, so anything outside is easier before the middle of the morning.

Around Durango today

Today

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Rivers

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Trails

Missionary Mini

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Safety

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The long view

Durango weather in October

The record

October pulls the mornings down fast in Durango while the afternoons hold on. Normal for October here is a high near 62 and a low near 36, with about 2.1 inches of precipitation. Today's forecast high of 68 is running 5 degrees above the normal 63.

The town sits far enough south to catch the monsoon first, which shows up as afternoon storms from early July onward. Through 19 days of October, the warmest afternoon has been 76° and the coolest morning 33°. The month is averaging 5.3 degrees warmer than the thirty year normal.

When it rains in Durango

October normally brings 2.1 inches of precipitation. So far this month 6 days have measured precipitation, 2.7 inches in total. In the current forecast the chance peaks around 12 PM at 88 percent. 5 of the next seven days carry a chance of 30 percent or better.

Normals 1995 to 2024 · Open-Meteo archive

Durango readings come from the Durango station in town. The forecast is the National Weather Service grid over Durango itself, cell GJT 111,19. Air quality and the thirty year normals come from Open-Meteo.