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Grand Mesa, Colorado

Grand Mesa weather

Elevation 10,000 ftObserved 3:40 PMNearest station Delta County, 21 miForecast grid GJT 118,99

Right now

Station 3:40 PM

Temperature

62°F

Feels like 62°

Wind

5 mph WSW

Humidity

53%

Dew point 44°

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 36m ago
43°31°now
Rain chance78%
4 PM12 AM8 AM4 PM12 AM8 AM3 PM
Hour by hour temperature and chance of precipitation
HourTemperatureChance of precipitation
4 PM41 degrees24 percent
5 PM40 degrees24 percent
6 PM38 degrees24 percent
7 PM37 degrees20 percent
8 PM35 degrees16 percent
9 PM34 degrees11 percent
10 PM33 degrees10 percent
11 PM32 degrees8 percent
12 AM32 degrees7 percent
1 AM31 degrees8 percent
2 AM31 degrees8 percent
3 AM31 degrees9 percent
4 AM31 degrees15 percent
5 AM31 degrees27 percent
6 AM31 degrees33 percent
7 AM31 degrees33 percent
8 AM31 degrees33 percent
9 AM33 degrees23 percent
10 AM36 degrees23 percent
11 AM39 degrees23 percent
12 PM41 degrees16 percent
1 PM42 degrees16 percent
2 PM43 degrees16 percent
3 PM43 degrees22 percent
4 PM43 degrees22 percent
5 PM43 degrees22 percent
6 PM40 degrees0 percent
7 PM38 degrees0 percent
8 PM35 degrees0 percent
9 PM34 degrees0 percent
10 PM33 degrees0 percent
11 PM33 degrees0 percent
12 AM32 degrees0 percent
1 AM32 degrees0 percent
2 AM32 degrees0 percent
3 AM32 degrees0 percent
4 AM32 degrees0 percent
5 AM32 degrees0 percent
6 AM32 degrees17 percent
7 AM32 degrees17 percent
8 AM34 degrees17 percent
9 AM36 degrees17 percent
10 AM38 degrees17 percent
11 AM41 degrees17 percent
12 PM43 degrees78 percent
1 PM43 degrees78 percent
2 PM42 degrees78 percent
3 PM42 degrees78 percent

Next seven days

Open a day for what the forecaster wrote
TodayOct 19Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms46° 30°27%
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. South southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
TueOct 20Chance Snow Showers then Slight Chance Rain Showers43° 31°33%
A chance of snow showers before 9am, then a slight chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. South wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
WedOct 21Rain Showers44° 36°94%
Rain showers before 3pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 44. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
ThuOct 22Rain Showers41° 33°98%
Rain showers before noon, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 41.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
FriOct 23Rain And Snow Showers35° 25°80%
Rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SatOct 24Chance Snow Showers34° 23°41%
A chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 34. New snow accumulation of less than half an inch possible.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SunOct 25Sunny38° 24°12%
Sunny, with a high near 38.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction

What today means in Grand Mesa

Each line names the number behind it

Frost possible by morning, low near 30

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 tuesday

Chance Snow Showers then Slight Chance Rain Showers. Passes change first and stay changed longest.

Around Grand Mesa today

Rivers

Uncompahgre River at Delta

524 cfs and steady, water 58°. About 23 miles from Grand Mesa.

7 gauges on the Slope

Trails

Flowing Park Trail #715.1A

Hiking, in town.

8 spots within 25 miles

Roads

US-6E closed

Eastbound and westbound through lanes closed.

Road conditions

The long view

Grand Mesa weather in October

The record

At 10,000 feet, October can hand Grand Mesa a summer afternoon and a hard freeze in the same week. Normal for October here is a high near 45 and a low near 22, with about 2.1 inches of precipitation. Today's forecast high of 46 sits right on the normal 46.

The mesa runs about twenty degrees cooler than the valley in July, and it is one of the first places on the Slope to hold snow in October.

When it snows in Grand Mesa

October normally brings 2.1 inches of precipitation, and at 10,000 feet most of it falls as snow. In the current forecast the chance peaks around 12 PM at 78 percent. 5 of the next seven days carry a chance of 30 percent or better.

Normals 1995 to 2024 · Open-Meteo archive

Grand Mesa readings come from the Delta County station 21 miles south of town. The forecast is the National Weather Service grid over Grand Mesa itself, cell GJT 118,99. Air quality and the thirty year normals come from Open-Meteo.