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Ouray, Colorado

Ouray weather

Elevation 7,792 ftObserved 4:00 PMNearest station Telluride, 10 miForecast grid GJT 122,52Grid elevation 8,560 ft

Right now

Station 4:00 PM

Temperature

55°F

Feels like 55°

Wind

5 mph SW

Wind to 10 mph by 9 PM

Humidity

43%

Dew point 33°

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
57°40°now
Rain chance72%
4 PM12 AM8 AM4 PM12 AM8 AM3 PM
Hour by hour temperature and chance of precipitation
HourTemperatureChance of precipitation
4 PM57 degrees35 percent
5 PM54 degrees31 percent
6 PM50 degrees27 percent
7 PM49 degrees22 percent
8 PM46 degrees18 percent
9 PM44 degrees14 percent
10 PM43 degrees11 percent
11 PM42 degrees8 percent
12 AM42 degrees5 percent
1 AM41 degrees12 percent
2 AM42 degrees19 percent
3 AM42 degrees26 percent
4 AM41 degrees23 percent
5 AM41 degrees16 percent
6 AM40 degrees13 percent
7 AM40 degrees13 percent
8 AM41 degrees13 percent
9 AM43 degrees17 percent
10 AM48 degrees17 percent
11 AM51 degrees17 percent
12 PM54 degrees16 percent
1 PM56 degrees16 percent
2 PM57 degrees16 percent
3 PM57 degrees20 percent
4 PM57 degrees20 percent
5 PM56 degrees20 percent
6 PM54 degrees0 percent
7 PM52 degrees0 percent
8 PM48 degrees0 percent
9 PM46 degrees0 percent
10 PM44 degrees0 percent
11 PM43 degrees0 percent
12 AM43 degrees1 percent
1 AM42 degrees1 percent
2 AM43 degrees1 percent
3 AM43 degrees1 percent
4 AM42 degrees1 percent
5 AM42 degrees1 percent
6 AM42 degrees22 percent
7 AM42 degrees22 percent
8 AM44 degrees22 percent
9 AM47 degrees22 percent
10 AM50 degrees22 percent
11 AM54 degrees22 percent
12 PM57 degrees72 percent
1 PM57 degrees72 percent
2 PM56 degrees72 percent
3 PM56 degrees72 percent

Next seven days

Open a day for what the forecaster wrote
TodayOct 19Chance Rain Showers60° 40°35%
A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
TueOct 20Slight Chance Rain Showers57° 42°20%
A slight chance of rain showers after 9am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
WedOct 21Showers And Thunderstorms Likely58° 46°92%
A slight chance of rain showers before noon, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
ThuOct 22Showers And Thunderstorms54° 43°96%
Rain showers before 9am, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 54.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
FriOct 23Chance Rain Showers49° 35°49%
A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 49.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SatOct 24Chance Snow Showers48° 34°39%
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° 37°14%
Sunny, with a high near 52.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction

What today means in Ouray

Each line names the number behind it

Snow in the forecast saturday

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

Cool window: 40° at 6 AM

The day climbs about 20 degrees from there, so anything outside is easier before the middle of the morning.

Around Ouray today

Tonight

Ouray City Council Regular Meeting

6:00 PM at Ouray Community Center. Rain chance around then is 27 percent.

1 event left today

Rivers

San Miguel River near Placerville

189 cfs and steady. About 24 miles from Ouray.

7 gauges on the Slope

Trails

Falls Trail

Hiking, in town.

8 spots within 25 miles

Safety

Gold Mountain Fire

The Gold Mountain Fire was discovered on June 27, 2026, at approximately 5:33 pm 2 miles northeast of Ouray, CO.

Safety and alerts

The long view

Ouray weather in October

The record

October pulls the mornings down fast in Ouray while the afternoons hold on. Normal for October here is a high near 56 and a low near 32, with about 2.1 inches of precipitation. Today's forecast high of 60 is running 4 degrees above the normal 56.

The town sits in a box canyon that shades early, holds ice into spring, and funnels every afternoon storm straight down the valley.

When it rains in Ouray

October normally brings 2.1 inches of precipitation. In the current forecast the chance peaks around 12 PM at 72 percent. 5 of the next seven days carry a chance of 30 percent or better.

Normals 1995 to 2024 · Open-Meteo archive

Ouray readings come from the Telluride station 10 miles southwest of town. The forecast is the National Weather Service grid over Ouray itself, cell GJT 122,52. Air quality and the thirty year normals come from Open-Meteo.