Black Hawk, CO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from COAL CREEK CANYON, CO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Black Hawk has an annual average temperature of 39.9°F with about 25.8 inches of precipitation per year and 194.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 73.0°F), and the coldest is February (average low 14.7°F). April is typically the wettest month (3.79 in) and January the driest (1.00 in). Snow typically falls from January through December.
Best time to visit Black Hawk
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All-time records →32 of 366 (8.7%) of Black Hawk's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1980s | 60 | |
| 1990s | 118 | |
| 2000s | 127 | |
| 2010s | 61 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.4°F | 15.6°F | 24.5°F | 1.00 in | 17.4 in | 10 |
| February | 34.2°F | 14.7°F | 24.4°F | 1.32 in | 23.2 in | 10 |
| March | 41.2°F | 20.2°F | 30.7°F | 2.68 in | 35.6 in | 11 |
| April | 45.9°F | 24.4°F | 35.2°F | 3.79 in | 42.0 in | 14 |
| May | 55.3°F | 32.6°F | 44.0°F | 3.24 in | 16.6 in | 14 |
| June | 66.7°F | 41.2°F | 54.0°F | 2.19 in | 0.9 in | 12 |
| July | 73.0°F | 47.5°F | 60.3°F | 2.89 in | — | 15 |
| August | 71.2°F | 46.1°F | 58.6°F | 2.84 in | — | 15 |
| September | 64.3°F | 39.2°F | 51.7°F | 1.86 in | 2.7 in | 10 |
| October | 51.8°F | 29.8°F | 40.8°F | 1.66 in | 16.1 in | 8 |
| November | 40.9°F | 21.1°F | 31.0°F | 1.23 in | 18.4 in | 8 |
| December | 33.2°F | 14.8°F | 24.0°F | 1.13 in | 21.8 in | 9 |
Climate twins of Black Hawk
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).