Geography
Pueblo is located at 38°16′1″N 104°37′13″W / 38.26694°N 104.62028°W / 38.26694; -104.62028 (38.266933, −104.620393).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 45.4 square miles (117.6 km2), of which, 45.1 square miles (116.8 km2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) is water (99,34% and 0,66% respectively).
Pueblo is 100 miles (160 km) south of Denver and is on the front range of the Rocky Mountains.
Pueblo sits in a "high desert" area of terrain in southern Colorado. Pueblo has a steppe climate (Köppen BSk), with four distinct seasons. Winter days are usually mild, but the high does not surpass freezing on 18 days per year, and lows fall to 0 °F (−17.8 °C) on 8 nights. Snowfall usually falls in light amounts, and due to the high altitude, and the accompanying stronger sun, rarely remains on the ground for long. March is the snowiest month, and the seasonal average is 33.7 inches (86 cm); however, the median is 10 inches (25 cm) lower, and most years see no snow in October, and May or September snow is exceedingly rare. Summers are hot and dry, with normal daytime temperatures in the 90's °F (31–33 °C), and 90 °F (32.2 °C) or greater highs are seen 66 days per year, with 100 °F (37.8 °C) or greater being seen 9 times. Diurnal temperature ranges are large throughout the year, averaging 31.5 °F (17.5 °C).
Precipitation is generally low, with the winter months receiving very little. Sunshine is abundant throughout the year, with an annual total of nearly 3470, or 79% of the possible total. Pueblo is considered a "high desert" climate, and sits on the desert lands in southern Colorado between Pueblo and the Royal Gorge.
| Climate data for Pueblo, Colorado (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °F (°C) | 44.6 (7.0) |
50.4 (10.2) |
57.3 (14.1) |
65.3 (18.5) |
74.6 (23.7) |
86.1 (30.1) |
91.4 (33.0) |
88.8 (31.6) |
80.8 (27.1) |
69.4 (20.8) |
54.3 (12.4) |
45.4 (7.4) |
67.4 (19.7) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 14.0 (−10.0) |
18.8 (−7.3) |
26.3 (−3.2) |
34.5 (1.4) |
44.8 (7.1) |
53.5 (11.9) |
59.4 (15.2) |
58.1 (14.5) |
48.7 (9.3) |
35.3 (1.8) |
22.5 (−5.3) |
15.1 (−9.4) |
35.9 (2.2) |
| Precipitation inches (mm) | 0.33 (8.4) |
0.26 (6.6) |
0.97 (24.6) |
1.25 (31.8) |
1.49 (37.8) |
1.33 (33.8) |
2.04 (51.8) |
2.27 (57.7) |
0.84 (21.3) |
0.64 (16.3) |
0.58 (14.7) |
0.39 (9.9) |
12.39 (314.7) |
| Snowfall inches (cm) | 5.7 (14.5) |
3.5 (8.9) |
6.4 (16.3) |
4.7 (11.9) |
0.7 (1.8) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.6 (1.5) |
1.9 (4.8) |
4.8 (12.2) |
5.4 (13.7) |
33.7 (85.6) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 4.3 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 71.8 |
| Avg. snowy days | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 23 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 232.5 | 228.8 | 285.2 | 315.0 | 344.1 | 360.0 | 359.6 | 337.9 | 300.0 | 275.9 | 219.0 | 210.8 | 3,468.8 |
| Source: NOAA, HKO | |||||||||||||
- NOTE: the snowfall data listed above are averages.
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