Gateway, Colorado | |
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 Entering from the east on State Highway 141 | |
| Coordinates: 38°40′57″N108°58′30″W / 38.68250°N 108.97500°W [1] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Colorado |
| Counties | Mesa |
| Elevation | 4,616 ft (1,407 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code [2] | 81522 |
| Area code | 970 |
| GNIS feature ID | 185409 [1] |
Gateway is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office located in Mesa County, Colorado, United States.
The Gateway Post Office has the ZIP Code 81522. [2] A post office called Gateway has been in operation since 1903. [3] The community most likely was named for a rock formation near the original town site. [4]
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Gateway has a cold semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Gateway was 106 °F (41.1 °C) on August 12, 1958, July 12, 1959, July 13, 1971, and July 9–10, 2021, while the coldest temperature recorded was −28 °F (−33.3 °C) on January 13, 1963. [5]
| Climate data for Gateway, Colorado, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1956–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 67 (19) | 73 (23) | 86 (30) | 92 (33) | 99 (37) | 105 (41) | 106 (41) | 106 (41) | 103 (39) | 91 (33) | 79 (26) | 70 (21) | 106 (41) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 54.9 (12.7) | 63.5 (17.5) | 75.2 (24.0) | 83.0 (28.3) | 91.0 (32.8) | 98.6 (37.0) | 101.7 (38.7) | 97.7 (36.5) | 93.2 (34.0) | 82.3 (27.9) | 69.5 (20.8) | 57.4 (14.1) | 101.9 (38.8) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 44.9 (7.2) | 52.0 (11.1) | 63.0 (17.2) | 70.5 (21.4) | 79.8 (26.6) | 90.7 (32.6) | 95.4 (35.2) | 92.1 (33.4) | 84.6 (29.2) | 71.4 (21.9) | 57.1 (13.9) | 44.7 (7.1) | 70.5 (21.4) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 33.1 (0.6) | 39.5 (4.2) | 48.5 (9.2) | 55.4 (13.0) | 64.0 (17.8) | 73.7 (23.2) | 79.5 (26.4) | 77.0 (25.0) | 68.9 (20.5) | 56.3 (13.5) | 43.8 (6.6) | 33.5 (0.8) | 56.1 (13.4) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 21.4 (−5.9) | 27.0 (−2.8) | 34.0 (1.1) | 40.4 (4.7) | 48.2 (9.0) | 56.7 (13.7) | 63.7 (17.6) | 61.8 (16.6) | 53.1 (11.7) | 41.3 (5.2) | 30.4 (−0.9) | 22.2 (−5.4) | 41.7 (5.4) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 7.2 (−13.8) | 13.1 (−10.5) | 20.3 (−6.5) | 26.9 (−2.8) | 34.1 (1.2) | 44.0 (6.7) | 53.5 (11.9) | 52.6 (11.4) | 40.0 (4.4) | 26.2 (−3.2) | 15.5 (−9.2) | 7.3 (−13.7) | 4.0 (−15.6) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −28 (−33) | −9 (−23) | 2 (−17) | 15 (−9) | 24 (−4) | 34 (1) | 45 (7) | 38 (3) | 25 (−4) | 11 (−12) | −3 (−19) | −11 (−24) | −28 (−33) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.71 (18) | 0.69 (18) | 1.00 (25) | 1.13 (29) | 1.05 (27) | 0.50 (13) | 1.21 (31) | 1.26 (32) | 1.45 (37) | 1.22 (31) | 0.83 (21) | 0.75 (19) | 11.80 (300) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 3.5 (8.9) | 1.9 (4.8) | 1.0 (2.5) | 0.5 (1.3) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.25) | 1.1 (2.8) | 3.1 (7.9) | 11.2 (28.45) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 65.1 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 8.2 |
| Source 1: NOAA [6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service [5] | |||||||||||||
Gateway is home to the Gateway Canyons Resort and Auto Museum. Established by Discovery Channel founder John S. Hendricks. Tourists may enjoy kayaking, off-road tours, guided fly-fishing, horseback riding, air tours and more at the Gateway Canyons Resort. To the north lies the Palisade, a three-mile (4.8-km) long butte.[ citation needed ]
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