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This is the current conditions weather report for Parachute. The report was made 23 minutes ago, at 07:53 UTC. The temperature was 30°F / -1°C, with a dew-point at 30°F / -1°C. The atmospheric pressure was 29.97 inHg / 1016 hPa. The relative humidity was 51%. The skies were partly cloudy.

Parachute is a town in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,006 at the 2000 census.

Parachute is located at 39.451732, -108.051530.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.2 km² (1.2 mi²). 3.1 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (4.07%) is water.

In the town the population was spread out with 34.2% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 15.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.7 males.

The name comes from the appearance on a map of several streams converging on the town as do the shroud lines of a parachute combined with the arc of the ridge line above the streams which resembles the canopy of a parachute. The town was previously named Grand Valley.

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