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Silverton, Colorado

Silverton weather

Elevation 9,318 ftObserved 4:10 PMNearest station Telluride, 12 miForecast grid GJT 121,43

Right now

Station 4:10 PM

Temperature

55°F

Feels like 55°

Wind

5 mph SW

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
53°32°now
Rain chance85%
4 PM12 AM8 AM4 PM12 AM8 AM3 PM
Hour by hour temperature and chance of precipitation
HourTemperatureChance of precipitation
4 PM52 degrees28 percent
5 PM49 degrees26 percent
6 PM46 degrees23 percent
7 PM39 degrees20 percent
8 PM37 degrees17 percent
9 PM35 degrees14 percent
10 PM35 degrees13 percent
11 PM34 degrees11 percent
12 AM35 degrees10 percent
1 AM34 degrees21 percent
2 AM34 degrees31 percent
3 AM33 degrees42 percent
4 AM33 degrees37 percent
5 AM33 degrees27 percent
6 AM33 degrees22 percent
7 AM32 degrees22 percent
8 AM33 degrees22 percent
9 AM35 degrees23 percent
10 AM40 degrees23 percent
11 AM45 degrees23 percent
12 PM50 degrees19 percent
1 PM52 degrees19 percent
2 PM53 degrees19 percent
3 PM53 degrees22 percent
4 PM52 degrees22 percent
5 PM50 degrees22 percent
6 PM47 degrees0 percent
7 PM42 degrees0 percent
8 PM39 degrees0 percent
9 PM37 degrees0 percent
10 PM36 degrees0 percent
11 PM35 degrees0 percent
12 AM34 degrees2 percent
1 AM34 degrees2 percent
2 AM34 degrees2 percent
3 AM33 degrees2 percent
4 AM33 degrees2 percent
5 AM33 degrees2 percent
6 AM32 degrees40 percent
7 AM32 degrees40 percent
8 AM34 degrees40 percent
9 AM36 degrees40 percent
10 AM41 degrees40 percent
11 AM46 degrees40 percent
12 PM51 degrees85 percent
1 PM52 degrees85 percent
2 PM52 degrees85 percent
3 PM53 degrees85 percent

Next seven days

Open a day for what the forecaster wrote
TodayOct 19Chance Rain Showers55° 32°42%
A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 55. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
TueOct 20Slight Chance Rain And Snow Showers then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms54° 32°23%
A slight chance of rain and snow showers before noon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. South southwest wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
WedOct 21Showers And Thunderstorms54° 38°98%
A chance of rain showers before noon, then showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. South southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
ThuOct 22Showers And Thunderstorms51° 34°100%
Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 51.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
FriOct 23Slight Chance T-storms46° 24°62%
A slight chance of thunderstorms and rain and snow showers likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 46.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SatOct 24Chance Snow Showers46° 21°34%
A chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 46.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SunOct 25Sunny then Slight Chance Snow Showers49° 25°15%
A slight chance of snow showers after noon. Sunny, with a high near 49.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction

What today means in Silverton

Each line names the number behind it

Frost possible by morning, low near 32

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.

Snow chance peaks at 42% around 3 AM

Roads go slick first on bridges and shaded curves. Passes can hold snow well after the valley clears.

Cool window: 32° at 7 AM

The day climbs about 23 degrees from there, so anything outside is easier before the middle of the morning.

Around Silverton today

Rivers

San Miguel River near Placerville

189 cfs and steady. About 29 miles from Silverton.

7 gauges on the Slope

Trails

Cascade Creek Loop

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

Silverton weather in October

The record

At 9,318 feet, October can hand Silverton a summer afternoon and a hard freeze in the same week. Normal for October here is a high near 50 and a low near 30, with about 2.8 inches of precipitation. Today's forecast high of 55 is running 4 degrees above the normal 51.

This is one of the coldest towns in the state, ringed by avalanche paths, with a winter that runs from October into May.

When it rains in Silverton

October normally brings 2.8 inches of precipitation. In the current forecast the chance peaks around 12 PM at 85 percent. 5 of the next seven days carry a chance of 30 percent or better.

Normals 1995 to 2024 · Open-Meteo archive

Silverton readings come from the Telluride station 12 miles northwest of town. The forecast is the National Weather Service grid over Silverton itself, cell GJT 121,43. Air quality and the thirty year normals come from Open-Meteo.