Population:
360,890
Elevation:
6008 feet
County:
El Paso
Land area:
185.7 square miles
Time Zone:
Mountain Time zone: (When it is 11:00am in New York City; it is 9:00am in
Colorado Springs.) Daylight saving time is observed from late April- late
October)
Average weather in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Average temp. (°F)
24.7
27.6
33.2
40.5
49.9
59.5
64.5
62.6
55.2
44.9
32.5
25.7
High temperature (°F)
38.5
41.7
47.0
54.2
63.6
74.6
79.6
77.0
70.0
59.6
46.2
39.5
Low temperature (°F)
10.9
13.5
19.3
26.8
36.2
44.4
49.4
48.2
40.4
30.1
18.8
11.9
Precipitation (in)
0.4
0.4
1.2
1.9
2.4
2.3
3.1
3.5
1.3
0.9
0.6
0.5
Normal climate around Colorado Springs, Colorado
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Days with precipitation
5
5
7
8
10
10
13
12
7
5
4
4
Wind speed (mph)
9.4
10.0
11.1
11.6
11.2
10.4
9.3
8.9
9.4
9.6
9.5
9.4
Morning humidity (%)
58
59
62
63
68
67
69
71
67
59
61
57
Afternoon humidity (%)
46
40
39
35
37
35
39
43
38
37
46
49
Sunshine (%)
75
74
74
74
73
78
79
78
80
79
72
71
Days clear of clouds
12
9
9
8
7
10
9
10
14
15
12
12
Partly cloudy days
8
8
9
10
12
12
15
13
8
8
8
8
Cloudy days
11
11
13
12
12
8
7
8
7
8
10
11
Snowfall (in)
5.2
4.8
9.3
6.7
1.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
3.4
5.4
5.1
National Holidays:
New Year's Day Jan. 1
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
3rd Mon. in Jan.
President's Day 3rd Mon. in
Feb.
Memorial Day last Mon. in
May
Independence Day July 4
Labor Day 1st Mon. in Sept.
Thanksgiving Day 4th Thurs.
in Nov.
Christmas Eve and Christmas
Day Dec. 24 and 25
New Year's Eve Dec. 31
Getting to Colorado
Springs:
Arriving by Plane
Colorado Springs Airport,
located north of Drennan Road and east of Powers Boulevard in the southeastern
part of the city : 719/550-1972. Major airlines offer some 100 flights a day
to and from this airport.
Arriving by Car
Visitors arriving on I-70 from
the east can take exit 359 at Limon and follow U.S. 24 into the Springs.
Arriving on I-70 from the west, the most direct route is exit 201 at Frisco,
then Colo. 9 through Breckenridge 53 miles to U.S. 24 (at Hartsel), and then
east 66 miles to the Springs. This route is mountainous, so check road
conditions in winter.
Getting Around the Area
It is easy to get around central
Colorado Springs, which is laid out on a classic grid pattern.
City street addresses are
divided by Pikes Peak Avenue into north and south; by Nevada Avenue into east
and west.
Colorado Springs
