Hot! Colorado Springs

Geography

According to the , the city has a total area of 186.1 square miles (482.1 km ), of which 185.7 square miles (481.1 km ) is land and 0.4 square mile (1.0 km ) (0.21%) is water.

Climate Climate data for Colorado Springs , Colorado (Airport), 1981-2010 normals Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high F ( C) 73 (23) 76 (24) 81 (27) 87 (31) 95 (35) 101 (38) 102 (39) 101 (38) 94 (34) 86 (30) 78 (26) 77 (25) 102 (39) Average high F ( C) 43.4 (6.3) 45.1 (7.3) 52.4 (11.3) 60.0 (15.6) 69.4 (20.8) 79.2 (26.2) 85.1 (29.5) 81.8 (27.7) 74.8 (23.8) 63.3 (17.4) 51.3 (10.7) 42.3 (5.7) 62.34 (16.86) Daily mean F ( C) 30.5 ( 0.8) 32.3 (0.2) 39.2 (4.0) 46.6 (8.1) 56.0 (13.3) 65.2 (18.4) 71.0 (21.7) 68.8 (20.4) 61.1 (16.2) 49.5 (9.7) 38.2 (3.4) 29.9 ( 1.2) 49.03 (9.46) Average low F ( C) 17.7 ( 7.9) 19.5 ( 6.9) 26.0 ( 3.3) 33.3 (0.7) 42.7 (5.9) 51.3 (10.7) 56.9 (13.8) 55.7 (13.2) 47.3 (8.5) 35.8 (2.1) 25.1 ( 3.8) 17.5 ( 8.1) 35.73 (2.07) Record low F ( C) 32 ( 36) 27 ( 33) 11 ( 24) 3 ( 19) 21 ( 6) 32 (0) 42 (6) 39 (4) 22 ( 6) 5 ( 15) 11 ( 24) 27 ( 33) 32 ( 36) inches (mm) 0.31 (7.9) 0.34 (8.6) 1.00 (25.4) 1.41 (35.8) 2.02 (51.3) 2.50 (63.5) 2.83 (71.9) 3.34 (84.8) 1.19 (30.2) 0.82 (20.8) 0.40 (10.2) 0.34 (8.6) 16.51 (419.4) Snowfall inches (cm) 5.7 (14.5) 4.8 (12.2) 7.9 (20.1) 4.9 (12.4) 0.7 (1.8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.3 (0.8) 3.1 (7.9) 4.6 (11.7) 5.9 (15) 37.9 (96.3) Avg. precipitation days ( 0.01 in) 3.9 4.7 7.6 8.3 10.6 10.2 11.5 13.6 7.3 5.0 4.6 4.3 91.6 Avg. snowy days ( 0.1 in) 4.1 4.2 5.7 3.5 0.7 0 0 0 0.3 1.8 3.8 4.6 28.7 Source no. 1: The Weather Channel Source no. 2: NOAA Demographics Government Economy Defense industry High-tech industry Top employers Military Installations Fort Carson Peterson Air Force Base Schriever Air Force Base (formerly Falcon AFB) NORAD and Cheyenne Mountain Air Station United States Air Force Academy Crime Tourism Sports Olympic sports Local teams Other Religious institutions Transportation Major highways Concerns and Improvements Walkability Education Sister cities Notable residents In popular culture See also References

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