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Page Type: Fact Sheet

Location: Colorado, United States, North America

 

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Created/Edited: Sep 17, 2007 / Dec 9, 2007

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History of Weather Statistics For Pikes Peak Summit

Pikes Peak is a 14,115 foot/4302 meter peak in Colorado.

US Army Corps of Engineers/Signal Corps ran the weather station on the summit. Some summer data is still taken, but the weather station is no longer functioning.

Weather Statistics

During the period of measurement, the extreme low was -39 in December and the extreme high was 64 in July. Snow was recorded in every month except one very warm August. Most lightning was accompanied by snow. Late spring and late summer is the cloudiest times of year while September through January is the sunniest.

Month Ave High Ave Low Rec High Rec Low Ave Wind MPH 6AM Ave Wind MPH 3PM Ave Wind MPH 9PM Precip Notes
Jan 8.1 -3.7 ? ? 27.0 28.0 28.0 8-10 days of snow
Feb 10.6 -2.9 ? ? 26.3 22.5 24.8 9-10 days of snow
Mar 14.0 -0.8 ? ? 28.8 24.5 26.8 9-11 days of snow
Apr 19.7 4.6 ? ? 25.0 19.8 23.8 12-13 days of snow
May 28.4 14.3 ? ? 25.3 22.0 24.0 17 days of snow; some rain
Jun 38.5 24.6 ? ? 23.3 17.3 18.8 9 days of snow; 9 days of hail
Jul 47.6 33.7 64 ? 15.0 11.8 12.3 7 days of snow; 15 days of hail or rain
Aug 48.1 32.9 ? ? 15.0 11.5 13.0 28 days of snow, hail, or rain
Sep 39.2 24.3 ? ? 17.5 15.0 18.8 10 days of snow; 5 days of hail or rain
Oct 28.4 14.2 ? ? 22.8 17.3 22.3 8-9 days of snow
Nov 16.0 3.9 ? -36 23.5 22.3 22.3 9-10 days of snow
Dec 10.7 -2.7 ? -39 22.8 20.8 22.0 9-12 days of snow

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