Yuma, Colorado | |
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Location of the City of Yuma in the United States. | |
Coordinates: 40°7′22″N102°43′30″W / 40.12278°N 102.72500°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County | Yuma County [2] |
City | Yuma [1] |
Incorporated | March 24, 1887 [3] |
Government | |
• Type | Home rule municipality [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 3.14 sq mi (8.13 km2) |
• Land | 3.10 sq mi (8.03 km2) |
• Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2) |
Elevation | 4,144 ft (1,263 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,456 |
• Density | 1,100/sq mi (430/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code [7] | 80759 |
Area code | 970 |
FIPS code | 08-86750 |
GNIS feature ID | 0202920 |
Website | colorado |
Yuma is a home rule municipality that is the most populous municipality in Yuma County, Colorado, United States. The population was 3,456 at the 2020 census. [6]
A post office in Yuma has been in operation since 1885. [8] The community was named after a Native American named Yuma who worked for the railroad, died and was buried near the town site. [9]
On August 8, 2023, a tornado touched down near the town, damaging farms. [10]
The Yuma School used to have the Indians as a mascot. Due to state influenced censorship, their mascot is now the Outlaws.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1 square mile (2.6 km2), of which 1 square mile (2.6 km2) is land and 0.41% is water. Yuma is 27 miles from the nearest city, Wray.
Climate data for Yuma, Colorado (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1900–1902, 1939–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 77 (25) | 82 (28) | 89 (32) | 93 (34) | 100 (38) | 111 (44) | 109 (43) | 111 (44) | 103 (39) | 94 (34) | 90 (32) | 77 (25) | 111 (44) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 42.6 (5.9) | 45.2 (7.3) | 56.2 (13.4) | 63.3 (17.4) | 73.2 (22.9) | 85.8 (29.9) | 91.8 (33.2) | 88.9 (31.6) | 80.6 (27.0) | 66.3 (19.1) | 53.2 (11.8) | 42.9 (6.1) | 65.8 (18.8) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 29.9 (−1.2) | 32.0 (0.0) | 41.7 (5.4) | 48.9 (9.4) | 59.5 (15.3) | 71.1 (21.7) | 76.9 (24.9) | 74.3 (23.5) | 65.4 (18.6) | 51.6 (10.9) | 39.6 (4.2) | 30.2 (−1.0) | 51.8 (11.0) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 17.2 (−8.2) | 18.8 (−7.3) | 27.1 (−2.7) | 34.5 (1.4) | 45.8 (7.7) | 56.4 (13.6) | 62.1 (16.7) | 59.7 (15.4) | 50.2 (10.1) | 36.9 (2.7) | 26.0 (−3.3) | 17.6 (−8.0) | 37.7 (3.2) |
Record low °F (°C) | −28 (−33) | −27 (−33) | −22 (−30) | 4 (−16) | 11 (−12) | 29 (−2) | 37 (3) | 35 (2) | 14 (−10) | 3 (−16) | −14 (−26) | −33 (−36) | −33 (−36) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.29 (7.4) | 0.44 (11) | 0.81 (21) | 1.64 (42) | 2.94 (75) | 2.49 (63) | 3.07 (78) | 2.64 (67) | 1.44 (37) | 1.25 (32) | 0.50 (13) | 0.45 (11) | 17.96 (456) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 3.9 (9.9) | 3.1 (7.9) | 3.7 (9.4) | 1.9 (4.8) | 0.1 (0.25) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.51) | 1.4 (3.6) | 2.8 (7.1) | 5.7 (14) | 22.8 (58) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 6.8 | 9.4 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 64.6 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 10.5 |
Source: NOAA [11] [12] |
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1890 | 241 | — | |
1900 | 139 | −42.3% | |
1910 | 333 | 139.6% | |
1920 | 1,177 | 253.5% | |
1930 | 1,360 | 15.5% | |
1940 | 1,606 | 18.1% | |
1950 | 1,908 | 18.8% | |
1960 | 1,919 | 0.6% | |
1970 | 2,259 | 17.7% | |
1980 | 2,824 | 25.0% | |
1990 | 2,719 | −3.7% | |
2000 | 3,285 | 20.8% | |
2010 | 3,524 | 7.3% | |
2020 | 3,456 | −1.9% |
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