Cope, CO Climate

Cope, CO is located in eastern Colorado and experiences a semi-arid climate with hot summers and cold winters. Summers in Cope usually reach temperatures upwards of 90 degrees Fahrenheit while winter temperatures can dip below 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Rainfall is light but tends to be more frequent during the summer months, averaging approximately 10 inches of precipitation each year. During the winter months, snowfall accumulates to a few inches which typically melts away quickly due to the warmer temperature of the region.

Climate	Cope, Colorado	United States
Rainfall		38.1

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.