Colorado Springs area
My wife and I are in the process of planning a trip out to the area and my main question is what is the weather like in mid to late June? Temperature wise and wind wise just cautious thanks for anyone taking the time to answer
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- Mid to late June is a bit early for the regular monsoon moisture flow that typically starts in July. However afternoon isolated or scattered thunderstorms sure wouldn't be out of the question at all. Temps can be anywhere from mid 70's to upper 90's that just depends on the weather systems in place at the time though mid to upper 80s is probably the average. Not uncommon for their to be a 30+ degree temp swing between the high and low of the day. There can be what they call high based storms in the afternoon which means typically high wind while the storm passes by with little to no rain as it evaporates before it hits the ground. And then on other hand it could dump for 20 minutes with an inch or two of hail on the ground. Just like many other places if you don't like the weather check again in a few minutes it may be different.
Expect nice weather but be prepared for high winds(ie dont leave your awnings out if you are not going to be around), rain (ie have rain gear with you if you are out hiking) and hail (expect none but dont be too surprised to find yourself in a hailstorm). - Thanks for the reply that is some great info. Was the wind very bad driving in or out? I'll be pulling a 32 foot trailer
- We were just there in early June. For us the weather was pretty consistent by being inconsistent. j/k
Most mornings were sunny but a little cooler. It would start to cloud up after noon and then typically rain in the afternoon. Most people we spoke to native native to the area said the mountain system makes it's own weather systems and what we experienced was fairly normal. We got rained on 6 out of seven days, but it was a short lasting rain (similar to afternoon So FL daily rains). We did experience hail 2 or 3 times, once while we had the top down on the Jeep.
Nights were certainly cool enough to wear jeans, sweatshirt, and have a campfire. Most nights we ran the heater to stave off the cool mountain air. Keep in mind for every 1000' in altitude you climb you will typically drop 3 degrees.
Hope this helps.
Doug
