CLIMAX, COLORADO

NCDC 1961-1990 Monthly Normals

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Mean Max. Temperature (F) 23.4 26.1 30.3 37.3 46.3 57.0 63.9 61.5 54.8 44.6 32.0 24.9 41.8
Highest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 34.1 31.3 39.0 45.6 50.4 64.7 70.2 72.1 64.2 50.3 39.6 36.4 47.1
Year Highest Occurred 1981 1980 1986 1981 1974 1981 1980 1981 1981 1979 1990 1980 1981
Lowest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 17.4 15.8 21.3 29.9 41.5 51.1 60.2 57.0 46.9 35.1 25.2 18.0 38.1
Year Lowest Occurred 1963 1964 1965 1970 1967 1969 1973 1968 1961 1969 1972 1961 1964
Mean Temperature (F) 12.1 14.1 18.3 25.5 35.1 45.1 51.5 49.5 42.8 33.2 20.8 13.9 30.2
Highest Mean Temperature (F) 20.6 18.8 25.7 32.6 39.1 50.1 55.8 54.1 47.8 38.5 25.7 24.4 33.4
Year Highest Occurred 1981 1980 1986 1981 1969 1990 1980 1981 1981 1963 1990 1980 1981
Lowest Mean Temperature (F) 6.1 5.1 11.4 17.7 30.9 41.1 48.8 46.5 37.1 25.4 14.4 8.5 27.7
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1964 1964 1973 1973 1969 1962 1968 1961 1970 1972 1961 1964
Mean Min. Temperature (F) 0.8 2.0 6.1 13.6 23.9 33.1 39.0 37.5 30.8 21.7 9.6 2.9 18.4
Highest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 7.5 6.9 12.3 19.6 28.8 36.5 41.8 41.3 35.1 28.1 13.6 12.3 20.4
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1962 1986 1981 1963 1988 1966 1983 1990 1963 1966 1980 1963
Lowest Mean Min. Temperature (F) -5.8 -5.6 -1.0 4.7 18.2 28.3 37.0 32.8 26.7 14.9 3.5 -2.5 16.8
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1964 1988 1973 1973 1975 1961 1978 1971 1970 1979 1978 1975
Mean Precipitation (in.) 1.87 1.70 2.14 2.25 1.88 1.45 2.35 2.31 1.52 1.36 1.79 2.02 22.64
Highest Precipitation (in.) 5.19 4.27 3.64 4.84 5.28 3.85 4.85 6.94 4.83 4.05 3.82 5.30 30.90
Year Highest Occurred 1980 1986 1983 1962 1973 1969 1985 1963 1961 1969 1979 1973 1983
Lowest Precipitation (in.) 0.35 0.66 0.86 0.56 0.48 0.00 0.41 0.49 0.20 0.35 0.53 0.34 13.53
Year Lowest Occurred 1984 1982 1966 1987 1963 1980 1979 1985 1989 1965 1980 1986 1989
Heating Degree Days (F) 1640. 1425. 1448. 1185. 927. 597. 419. 481. 666. 986. 1326. 1584. 12684.
Cooling Degree Days (F) 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.

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