Commerce City, CO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BRIGHTON 3 SE, CO US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Commerce City has an annual average temperature of 50.6°F with about 14.1 inches of precipitation per year and 34.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 90.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 16.1°F). May is typically the wettest month (2.35 in) and December the driest (0.37 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.

Annual swing
43.9°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,763
Cooling need
582

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

105 of 366 (28.7%) of Commerce City'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.

1970s
14
1980s
54
1990s
62
2000s
94
2010s
81
2020s
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 44.4°F 16.1°F 30.2°F 0.42 in 5.2 in 4
February 45.9°F 18.5°F 32.2°F 0.43 in 5.3 in 4
March 55.9°F 26.7°F 41.3°F 0.98 in 6.0 in 6
April 62.9°F 33.9°F 48.4°F 1.77 in 3.1 in 7
May 71.9°F 43.2°F 57.5°F 2.35 in 0.5 in 8
June 84.1°F 52.4°F 68.3°F 1.41 in 7
July 90.0°F 58.2°F 74.1°F 1.72 in 7
August 87.6°F 56.4°F 72.0°F 1.77 in 6
September 79.8°F 47.4°F 63.6°F 1.18 in 0.2 in 5
October 65.9°F 35.0°F 50.4°F 1.02 in 3.2 in 5
November 53.3°F 25.0°F 39.1°F 0.69 in 5.8 in 4
December 44.0°F 16.3°F 30.2°F 0.37 in 5.2 in 4

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