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| Back to Colorado, United States. Do you have any pictures of this city? ![]() Planning a vacation? Current weather forecast for Cortez, CO Elevation: 6201 feet County: Montezuma Land area: 5.5 square miles Zip code: 81321 Median resident age: 36.4 years New: Cortez, CO residents, houses, and apartments details Races in Cortez:
New: Political contributions by individuals in Cortez, CO Ancestries: German (18.5%), English (15.0%), Irish (10.6%), United States (8.7%), French (3.7%), Scotch-Irish (2.9%). |
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For population 15 years and over in Cortez city
2.8% Foreign born (1.4% Latin America, 1.1% Europe). |
![]() Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Rio Rancho, NM (193.8 miles, pop. 51,765). Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Albuquerque, NM (205.6 miles, pop. 448,607). Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (357.2 miles, pop. 1,321,045). Nearest cities: Dolores, CO (10.3 miles), Towaoc, CO (14.2 miles), Mancos, CO (19.7 miles), Dove Creek, CO (36.5 miles), Shiprock, NM (39.2 miles), Aneth, UT (41.4 miles), Nenahnezad, NM (43.9 miles), Rico, CO (44.5 miles). Single-family new house construction building permits:
Area code: 970 Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (22.0%), Retail trade (19.6%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (12.4%), Construction (11.8%). |
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Average temp. (°F) | 26.6 | 31.9 | 38.9 | 45.6 | 54.5 | 64.4 | 70.8 | 69.1 | 61.2 | 49.7 | 37.0 | 28.5 |
| High temperature (°F) | 40.8 | 45.7 | 53.4 | 61.7 | 71.7 | 83.3 | 88.2 | 85.9 | 78.5 | 66.6 | 51.6 | 42.4 |
| Low temperature (°F) | 12.3 | 18.1 | 24.3 | 29.4 | 37.3 | 45.5 | 53.3 | 52.3 | 43.8 | 32.7 | 22.3 | 14.5 |
| Precipitation (in) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
Based on data reported by main weather stations
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Days with precip. | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Wind speed (mph) | 5.9 | 6.9 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 5.7 |
| Morning humidity (%) | 77 | 74 | 67 | 63 | 61 | 57 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 73 | 76 |
| Afternoon humidity (%) | 58 | 46 | 34 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 46 | 56 |
| Sunshine (%) | 64 | 67 | 67 | 72 | 74 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 79 | 75 | 66 | 64 |
| Days clear of clouds | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 12 |
| Partly cloudy days | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Cloudy days | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| Snowfall (in) | 5.3 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 4.8 |
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