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2015 <br /> GRAND JUNCTION <br /> COLORADO (KGJT) <br /> Grand Junction is located at the junction of the scattered light showers and thunderstorms which <br /> Colorado and Gunnison Rivers. It is on the west develop over nearby mountains. Winter snows are <br /> slope of the Rockies, in a large mountain valley. fairly frequent, but are mostly light and quick to <br /> The area has a climate marked by the wide seasonal melt. Even the infrequent snows of from 4 to 8 <br /> range usual to interior localities at this inches seldom remain on the ground for prolonged <br /> latitude. Thanks, however, to the protective periods. Blizzard conditions in the valley are <br /> topography of the vicinity, sudden and severe extremely rare. <br /> weather changes are very infrequent. The valley <br /> floor slopes from 4,800 feet near Palisade to Temperatures above 100 degrees are infrequent, and <br /> 4,400 feet at the west end near Fruita. Mountains about one-third of the winters have no readings <br /> are on all sides at distances of from to to 60 below zero. Summer days with maximum temperatures <br /> miles and reach heights of 9,000 to over 12,000 in the middle 90s and minimums in the low 60s <br /> feet. are common. Relative humidity is very low during <br /> the summer, with values similar to other dry <br /> This mountain valley location, with attendant locations such as the southern parts of New Mexico <br /> valley breezes, provides protection from spring and Arizona. Spells of cold winter weather are <br /> and fall frosts. This results in a growing season sometimes prolonged due to cold air becoming <br /> averaging 191 days in the city. This varies trapped in the valley. Winds are usually very <br /> considerably in the outlying districts. It is light during the coldest weather. Changes in <br /> about the same in the upper valley around winter are normally gradual, and abrupt changes <br /> Palisade, and 3 to 4 weeks shorter near the river are much less frequent than in eastern Colorado. <br /> west of Grand Junction. The growing season is Cold waves are rare. Sunny days predominate in all <br /> sufficiently long to permit commercial growth of seasons. <br /> almost all fruits except citrus varieties. Summer <br /> grazing of cattle and sheep on nearby mountain The prevailing wind is from the east-southeast due <br /> ranges is extensive. to the valley breeze effect. The strongest <br /> winds are associated with thunderstorms or with <br /> The interior, continental location, ringed by pre-frontal weather. They usually are from the <br /> mountains on all sides, results in quite low south or southwest. <br /> precipitation in all seasons. Consequently, <br /> agriculture is dependent on irrigation. Adequate <br /> supplies of water -are available from mountain <br /> snows and rains. Summer rains occur chiefly as <br /> 7 <br />