Yuma, Colorado
City in Colorado, United States
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Yuma is a home rule municipality that is the most populous municipality in Yuma County, Colorado, United States.[2] The population was 3,456 at the 2020 census.[6]
Yuma, Colorado | |
|---|---|
Aerial view of Yuma (2022) | |
 Location within Yuma County and Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 40°7′24″N 102°43′26″W[2] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Yuma[3] |
| Incorporated | March 24, 1887[4] |
| Named after | Yuma |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.14 sq mi (8.13 km2) |
| • Land | 3.10 sq mi (8.03 km2) |
| • Water | 0.039 sq mi (0.10 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,137 ft (1,261 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,456 |
| • Density | 1,110/sq mi (430/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | 80759[7] |
| Area code | 970 |
| FIPS code | 08-86750 [2] |
| Major highways |   |
| Website | cityofyuma.colorado.gov |
History
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 is buried near the town site.[9]
On August 8, 2023, a tornado touched down near the town, damaging farms.[10]
The Yuma School's mascot is the Outlaws.[11]
The novels of esteemed writer Kent Haruf, such as Plainsong, are based in Holt, Colorado which is loosely based on Yuma[12]. Haruf spent a number of years teaching at Yuma schools in the early 1980s and has family ties to the High Plains region[13].
Geography
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
| Climate data for Yuma, Colorado (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1900–1902, 1939–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[14][15] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
Gallery
Yuma seen from the east
Postcard: Laying the cornerstone of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1910
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