Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 44 min5:38 am – 8:22 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 36 min7:09 am – 4:44 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 87°F, lows 54°FColdest month January: highs 48°F, lows 15°F17 in of rain a year, on about 45 dayswettest month July48 in of snow a year, on about 13 days28 days above 90°F, 179 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Trinidad Lake station, 15 mi away
Nearby landmarksMitotes Lakelake · 2.5 miCanyon Del Agua Springspring · 2.6 miBald Knobspeak · 4.5 miBear Canyon Springspring · 5.4 miT V Hillpeak · 7.2 miDry Lake Flatlake · 9.3 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsSpanish Peaks State Wildlife Areastate conservation land · 4.5 mi · 555 acresTrinidad Lake State Parkstate park · 13.8 mi · 94 acresLathrop State Parkstate park · 20.4 mi · 1,136 acresLathropstate park · 20.9 mi · 158 acresCarson Othernational forest · 38.4 mi · 101,380 acresGreat Sand Dunes National Parknational park · 51.4 mi · 104,902 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes204 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 197021 of magnitude 4+, 2 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 5.3 on 23 Aug 201118 mi away, near Valdez, ColoradoMost recent: magnitude 3.4 on 27 Jul 202633 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowLas Animas County, CO, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsWildfire Relatively ModerateWinter weather Relatively ModerateSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality73% of days had good air in 2025268 of 365 days measured96 moderate, 1 unhealthy for sensitive groups daysMedian index 45, worst day 101main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Pueblo County, CO, 60 mi away
Drinking waterCity of Trinidadserves 11,400 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 20213 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation6,961 ft2,122 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalMount San Rafael Hospital16.6 miPost officeAguilar Post Office7.2 miTown hallAguilar Town Hall7.2 miPoliceLas Animas County Sheriff's Office7.2 miFire stationSpanish Peaks Volunteer Fire Department Aguilar Station7.2 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportSan Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field ALS63 miMajor airportCity of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport COS103 miInterstateI-258.5 miUS highwayUS 878.5 miAmtrakTrinidad, CO TRI16 miCoachAguilarBustang Outrider7.2 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 81042 ZIP area.
