How are the summers in SE Colorado? (Denver, Colorado Springs: house, live)

[lookingup]

Are the summers in Crowley, Otero county & Pueblo unbearably hot......do you absolutely need a/c?

[Bonnie Parks]

Originally Posted by lookingup

Are the summers in Crowley, Otero county & Pueblo unbearably hot......do you absolutely need a/c?

YES!!! But it's beautiful country with white winters.

[Nadine]

Originally Posted by lookingup

Are the summers in Crowley, Otero county & Pueblo unbearably hot......do you absolutely need a/c?

The farther you get away from the mts out on the plains whether N or S. It gets warmer in summer and harder winters. Mts. protect. Nothing to stop the wind out there either. People have lived a long time out there without a/c but they sure are preferred. Swamp cooler/evaporative coolers work very well in our low humidity. Much less expensive to run. Actually Pueblo is not much farther east than Denver or Colorado Springs but farther from mts (about 45 miles) farther south of coarse and lower altitude.

[COflower]

It can easily get in the 100s in those areas. A/C is recommended but in some areas in Colorado one can get by with evaporation coolers (much easier on the budget - had one in my house in Grand Junction and when it worked, it worked wonders and so little water and electricity I barely noticed it).

But, when the afternoon thunderstorms roll through, it cools it down a bit. Hopefully we are mostly out of the drought and have more afternoon storms roll through.

[jazzlover]

The farther east and south you get on the Colorado's eastern plains, the hotter it generally gets in summer. Over 100, as others have mentioned is not uncommon. Evaporative coolers do work very well if the humidity is not high. Even the eastern plains tend to be drier than areas farther east, but--especially along the rivers, they can have some "sticky" days. Also, the farther south and east you get, the less it generally cools off at night.

As to the comment made about white winters--generally not true. Most of eastern Colorado gets relatively little snow in the winter. Usually, it's brown most of the winter. The area gets its notoriety for snow because it does get occassional heavy snows and--with the wind--even moderate amounts of snow can cause severe blizzarding. This past winter was one of the snowiest in decades in southeast Colorado, but that's not typical.