WESTCLIFFE, COLORADO

NCDC 1961-1990 Monthly Normals

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Mean Max. Temperature (F) 38.9 42.0 47.1 56.2 65.7 76.2 81.2 78.2 71.6 62.0 48.9 40.6 59.1
Highest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 47.4 49.7 55.8 63.7 71.8 83.5 85.4 81.3 77.7 70.1 55.2 53.4 62.1
Year Highest Occurred 1981 1981 1989 1981 1963 1974 1963 1962 1963 1963 1966 1980 1963
Lowest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 31.5 32.8 38.4 48.1 58.7 70.1 76.4 73.9 65.7 52.1 37.2 34.1 57.2
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1964 1964 1970 1983 1983 1990 1967 1965 1969 1972 1974 1964
Mean Temperature (F) 22.3 25.6 32.1 40.7 49.3 58.1 63.2 61.0 54.0 43.9 32.7 24.0 42.2
Highest Mean Temperature (F) 31.6 32.4 39.9 49.1 53.7 62.7 66.7 64.4 58.7 50.2 39.3 36.6 45.7
Year Highest Occurred 1969 1970 1974 1981 1984 1981 1978 1970 1963 1963 1973 1980 1981
Lowest Mean Temperature (F) 15.7 15.0 23.1 33.5 44.8 54.4 60.9 58.4 50.2 38.2 21.7 17.4 39.9
Year Lowest Occurred 1984 1964 1964 1970 1983 1983 1990 1976 1971 1970 1972 1974 1964
Mean Min. Temperature (F) 5.5 9.1 17.0 25.2 32.9 40.0 45.1 43.7 36.3 25.8 16.5 7.4 25.4
Highest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 17.8 17.2 27.2 34.4 37.1 45.2 49.1 47.8 41.6 33.2 23.5 19.7 29.9
Year Highest Occurred 1969 1962 1974 1981 1984 1981 1981 1982 1981 1981 1981 1980 1981
Lowest Mean Min. Temperature (F) -3.8 -2.9 7.7 18.7 29.7 35.9 42.6 40.8 31.3 20.6 6.2 0.2 22.6
Year Lowest Occurred 1963 1964 1964 1973 1972 1962 1989 1990 1971 1980 1972 1989 1964
Mean Precipitation (in.) 0.45 0.60 1.23 1.07 1.39 1.11 2.25 2.66 1.27 1.13 0.86 0.75 14.77
Highest Precipitation (in.) 1.53 2.07 3.99 3.41 3.29 3.27 5.03 8.18 3.25 3.64 3.04 2.95 22.05
Year Highest Occurred 1987 1961 1970 1990 1979 1965 1965 1981 1976 1969 1964 1978 1967
Lowest Precipitation (in.) 0.03 0.07 0.00 0.05 0.08 0.07 0.23 0.31 0.22 0.08 0.06 0.01 8.85
Year Lowest Occurred 1969 1970 1966 1981 1963 1968 1987 1980 1984 1977 1973 1980 1962
Heating Degree Days (F) 1324. 1103. 1020. 729. 487. 213. 83. 135. 330. 654. 969. 1271. 8318.
Cooling Degree Days (F) 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 6. 28. 11. 0. 0. 0. 0. 45.

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