Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 43 min5:38 am – 8:21 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 37 min7:07 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, 3 mi away
Parks and public landsTrinidad Lake State Parkstate park · 2.2 mi · 2,904 acresSouth Side Parkpark · 2.5 miBoulevard Nature Parkpark · 2.7 mi · 83 acresJames M. John State Wildlife Areastate conservation land · 4.9 mi · 8,345 acresLake Dorothey State Wildlife Areastate conservation land · 8.8 mi · 5,154 acresSugarite Canyon State Parkstate park · 11.4 mi · 4,115 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes201 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 197021 of magnitude 4+, 2 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 5.3 on 23 Aug 201111 mi away, near Valdez, ColoradoMost recent: magnitude 3.4 on 27 Jul 202626 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, 72 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
Elevation6,342 ft1,933 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalMount San Rafael Hospital4.0 miPost officeTrinidad Post Office3.5 miTown hallTrinidad City Hall3.3 miPoliceTrinidad Police Department3.4 miFire stationFishers Peak Fire Protection District Station 1under a mileSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 elementaryElementaryFisher's Peak Elementary School1.8 miCollegeTrinidad State College3.6 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportSan Luis Valley Regional Airport/Bergman Field ALS77 miMajor airportCity of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport COS117 miInterstateI-25under a mileUS highwayUS 85under a mileAmtrakTrinidad, CO TRI3.6 miCoachTrinidadLimousine Expressunder a mileSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 81074 ZIP area.
