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Grand Junction, Colorado

Grand Junction weather

Elevation 4,583 ftObserved 3:40 PMNearest station Grand Junction, in townForecast grid GJT 95,102

Right now

Station 3:40 PM

Temperature

65°F

Feels like 65°

Wind

5 mph NW

Humidity

58%

Dew point 50°

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 3h ago
69°48°now
Rain chance69%
2 PM10 PM6 AM2 PM10 PM6 AM1 PM
Hour by hour temperature and chance of precipitation
HourTemperatureChance of precipitation
2 PM64 degrees6 percent
3 PM65 degrees6 percent
4 PM66 degrees6 percent
5 PM65 degrees6 percent
6 PM63 degrees6 percent
7 PM61 degrees5 percent
8 PM56 degrees3 percent
9 PM54 degrees1 percent
10 PM52 degrees2 percent
11 PM51 degrees2 percent
12 AM51 degrees2 percent
1 AM50 degrees4 percent
2 AM50 degrees6 percent
3 AM48 degrees8 percent
4 AM48 degrees10 percent
5 AM48 degrees14 percent
6 AM48 degrees16 percent
7 AM48 degrees16 percent
8 AM48 degrees16 percent
9 AM52 degrees7 percent
10 AM58 degrees7 percent
11 AM61 degrees7 percent
12 PM64 degrees7 percent
1 PM66 degrees7 percent
2 PM67 degrees7 percent
3 PM68 degrees11 percent
4 PM69 degrees11 percent
5 PM68 degrees11 percent
6 PM66 degrees0 percent
7 PM64 degrees0 percent
8 PM59 degrees0 percent
9 PM56 degrees0 percent
10 PM55 degrees0 percent
11 PM54 degrees0 percent
12 AM53 degrees0 percent
1 AM52 degrees0 percent
2 AM52 degrees0 percent
3 AM51 degrees0 percent
4 AM50 degrees0 percent
5 AM50 degrees0 percent
6 AM50 degrees28 percent
7 AM50 degrees28 percent
8 AM52 degrees28 percent
9 AM54 degrees28 percent
10 AM57 degrees28 percent
11 AM61 degrees28 percent
12 PM64 degrees69 percent
1 PM65 degrees69 percent

Next seven days

Open a day for what the forecaster wrote
TodayOct 19Sunny67° 47°14%
Sunny, with a high near 67. North northwest wind 0 to 5 mph.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
TueOct 20Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny70° 50°16%
A slight chance of rain showers before 9am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. East wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
WedOct 21Showers And Thunderstorms Likely68° 54°84%
A chance of rain showers before noon, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
ThuOct 22Showers And Thunderstorms64° 50°91%
Rain showers before 9am, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 64.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
FriOct 23Chance Showers And Thunderstorms61° 42°47%
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 61.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SatOct 24Slight Chance Rain Showers57° 40°17%
A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SunOct 25Sunny61° 42°7%
Sunny, with a high near 61.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction

What today means in Grand Junction

Each line names the number behind it

Cool window: 48° at 4 AM

The day climbs about 19 degrees from there, so anything outside is easier before the middle of the morning.

Around Grand Junction today

Today

Yappy Hour at Riverside Pub

4:00 PM at Riverside Pub. Rain chance around then is 6 percent.

5 events left today

Rivers

Gunnison River near Grand Junction

1,220 cfs and steady, water 57°. About 8 miles from Grand Junction.

7 gauges on the Slope

Trails

Nut-N-2-It

Mountain Biking, in town.

8 spots within 25 miles

Roads

US-6E closed

Eastbound and westbound through lanes closed.

Road conditions

The long view

Grand Junction weather in October

The record

October is when the valley lets go of summer, a few degrees at a time. Normal for October here is a high near 66 and a low near 41, with about 2.0 inches of precipitation. Today's forecast high of 67 sits right on the normal 67.

The valley floor runs hotter than anywhere else on the Slope in summer and holds cold air in an inversion for days at a time in winter. Through 19 days of October, the warmest afternoon has been 86° and the coolest morning 38°. The month is averaging 7.9 degrees warmer than the thirty year normal.

When it rains in Grand Junction

October normally brings 2.0 inches of precipitation. So far this month 9 days have measured precipitation, 2.1 inches in total. In the current forecast the chance peaks around 12 PM at 69 percent. 3 of the next seven days carry a chance of 30 percent or better.

Normals 1995 to 2024 · Open-Meteo archive

Grand Junction readings come from the Grand Junction station in town. The forecast is the National Weather Service grid over Grand Junction itself, cell GJT 95,102. Air quality and the thirty year normals come from Open-Meteo.