Hot, Humid Weather in Colorado

The information here tells how often heat combines with humidity in Colorado cities to create uncomfortably muggy weather.

The apparent temperature, also known as the Heat Index, measures how hot the weather really feels, considering both temperature and humidity. For instance, a temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32.2 ° Celsius) along with 60 % humidity pushes the apparent temperature to 100 °F (37.8 °C).

At low levels of humidity, high temperatures seem cooler than what the thermometer reads. This often is the case for hot weather in Colorado.

These tables list the number of days when the actual temperature and the apparent temperature rose to least 95, 105 or 115 °F (35, 40.6 or 46.1 °C) for an hour or more. The totals are for the 30 years from 1978 to 2007.

The final table breaks the totals into yearly averages for the days when apparent temperatures reach 95 and 105 °F.

Total days with the temperature at least 95 °F
City Actual Apparent
Aurora 218 7
Colorado Springs 41 1
Grand Junction 756 97
Total days with the temperature at least 105 °F
City Actual Apparent
Aurora 1 0
Colorado Springs 0 0
Grand Junction 2 0
Total days with the temperature at least 115 °F
City Actual Apparent
Aurora 0 0
Colorado Springs 0 0
Grand Junction 0 0
Average days a year of apparent temperature
City 95+ °F 105+ °F
Aurora 0 0
Colorado Springs 0 0
Grand Junction 3 0
References

Peter Browning and Brian Walawender. 2009. A Climatology of Apparent Temperature. 21st Conference on Climate Variability and Change.

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