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Grant, Colorado
Approaching Grant from the east on U.S. Route 285, May 2010
Approaching Grant from the east on U.S. Route 285, May 2010
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
GNIS feature ID 204726

Grant is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Park County, Colorado, United States.

Description

Grant, Colorado U.S. Post Office taken in the late 1880s - DPLA - 537aa6be356314e8a3250fe65067d6fd (cropped)
Photograph of the old U.S. Post Office taken in 1880s.
Grant, Colorado - early 1900s
Grant in early 1900s

The community is located in foothills of the Front Range in the upper valley of the North Fork South Platte River, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Kenosha Pass. It sits along U.S. Route 285 approximately 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Denver. It consists largely of a retired general store, post office, and surrounding houses and trailers along the south side of the highway and along the north side of the river. The Grant Post Office has the ZIP Code 80448. Grant is located at the mouth of Geneva Creek where it descends southward from the Front Range. County Road 62 follows the creek northward to Guanella Pass, leading to Georgetown in the canyon of Clear Creek.

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Grant has a warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.

Climate data for Grant, Colorado, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1963–present
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
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