Climate Information for Trinidad
Las Animas County, Colorado

Trinidad is situated on the front wall of the Rocky Mountains (Sangre de Cristo's Culebra Range) at an elevation of 6,025 feet above sea level. Its location near the southern border of Colorado results in a semi-arid climate with approximately 14 inches of rainfall per year. The elevation, southern location and low humidity combine to provide a moderate, very comfortable dry climate.

Weather extremes are usually scattered and of short duration. Summers are warm and dry, with daytime temperatures in the 80- to 90-degree range. Because of the elevation, a dusting of snow can occur as early as mid-September, but it is quickly gone and warm fall weather often lasts into December. Severe cold is normally of short duration. Balmy days are also scattered throughout the winter months so that golf can be played, with some interruptions, throughout the year. The dry air makes both heat and cold seem less severe than in other parts of the nation which have more humidity and/or more extreme temperatures.

April and May are the wettest months, each averaging more than 3.5 inches of precipitation. The winter months, October through March, each average less than one inch of precipitation (remember I said "average," Christmas 2006 and New Year's 2007 saw 8 to 10 feet of snow come down in different parts of the county).