Grant, Colorado facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Grant, Colorado
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Approaching Grant from the east on U.S. Route 285, May 2010
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| Country |  United States |
| State |  Colorado |
| Counties | Park |
| Elevation | 8,606 ft (2,623 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code |
80448
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| GNIS feature ID | 204726 |
Grant is a small place in Park County, Colorado, United States. It's known as an unincorporated community. This means it doesn't have its own local government like a city or town. Instead, it's managed by the county. Grant also has a U.S. Post Office.
What is Grant, Colorado?
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Grant is nestled in the Front Range foothills. Foothills are the smaller hills at the base of a mountain range. It's located in the upper valley of the North Fork South Platte River.
You can find Grant about 6 miles (10 km) east of Kenosha Pass. It sits right along U.S. Route 285. This highway is about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Denver.
The community of Grant mainly has a retired general store and a post office. You'll also see houses and trailers nearby. These buildings are mostly along the south side of the highway and the north side of the river. The Grant Post Office uses the ZIP Code 80448.
Grant is also located where Geneva Creek flows into the river. This creek comes down from the Front Range mountains. A road called County Road 62 follows this creek north. It leads up to Guanella Pass, which then goes to Georgetown. Georgetown is in the canyon of Clear Creek.
Grant's Weather and Climate
Grant has a type of weather called a warm-summer humid continental climate. This means it has warm summers and cold, snowy winters. It's often shown as "Dfb" on climate maps.
Here's a look at the typical weather in Grant:
| Climate data for Grant, Colorado, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1963–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 58 (14) |
58 (14) |
66 (19) |
76 (24) |
82 (28) |
90 (32) |
89 (32) |
88 (31) |
84 (29) |
77 (25) |
67 (19) |
58 (14) |
90 (32) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 49.2 (9.6) |
50.7 (10.4) |
59.2 (15.1) |
65.7 (18.7) |
74.7 (23.7) |
82.1 (27.8) |
84.2 (29.0) |
81.2 (27.3) |
77.6 (25.3) |
70.5 (21.4) |
58.3 (14.6) |
49.8 (9.9) |
85.0 (29.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 33.7 (0.9) |
35.5 (1.9) |
43.3 (6.3) |
49.0 (9.4) |
59.0 (15.0) |
70.4 (21.3) |
74.9 (23.8) |
72.1 (22.3) |
65.8 (18.8) |
54.2 (12.3) |
41.7 (5.4) |
33.1 (0.6) |
52.7 (11.5) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 21.5 (−5.8) |
22.5 (−5.3) |
29.8 (−1.2) |
35.7 (2.1) |
44.5 (6.9) |
53.9 (12.2) |
59.1 (15.1) |
56.9 (13.8) |
50.1 (10.1) |
39.8 (4.3) |
29.1 (−1.6) |
21.1 (−6.1) |
38.7 (3.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 9.2 (−12.7) |
9.4 (−12.6) |
16.3 (−8.7) |
22.4 (−5.3) |
29.9 (−1.2) |
37.5 (3.1) |
43.3 (6.3) |
41.7 (5.4) |
34.5 (1.4) |
25.4 (−3.7) |
16.5 (−8.6) |
9.1 (−12.7) |
24.6 (−4.1) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −8.1 (−22.3) |
−7.5 (−21.9) |
−0.7 (−18.2) |
8.1 (−13.3) |
19.5 (−6.9) |
29.9 (−1.2) |
37.4 (3.0) |
35.5 (1.9) |
24.9 (−3.9) |
10.5 (−11.9) |
−1.0 (−18.3) |
−8.4 (−22.4) |
−13.8 (−25.4) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −23 (−31) |
−30 (−34) |
−22 (−30) |
−10 (−23) |
2 (−17) |
20 (−7) |
27 (−3) |
25 (−4) |
7 (−14) |
−8 (−22) |
−18 (−28) |
−27 (−33) |
−30 (−34) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.56 (14) |
0.65 (17) |
1.04 (26) |
1.50 (38) |
1.73 (44) |
1.43 (36) |
2.58 (66) |
2.25 (57) |
1.44 (37) |
0.96 (24) |
0.65 (17) |
0.60 (15) |
15.39 (391) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 9.9 (25) |
10.4 (26) |
15.3 (39) |
13.8 (35) |
4.8 (12) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.8 (2.0) |
5.5 (14) |
9.6 (24) |
11.8 (30) |
82.0 (208) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 6.3 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 8.8 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 105.1 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 5.7 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 42.4 |
| Source 1: NOAA | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service | |||||||||||||
