Dinosaur, CO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from DINOSAUR NM, CO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Dinosaur has an annual average temperature of 47.2°F with about 10.7 inches of precipitation per year and 26.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 89.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 11.8°F). October is typically the wettest month (1.52 in) and January the driest (0.52 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
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All-time records →12 of 366 (3.3%) of Dinosaur'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.
| 1960s | 10 | |
| 1970s | 71 | |
| 1980s | 114 | |
| 1990s | 62 | |
| 2000s | 80 | |
| 2010s | 29 |
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 | 30.4°F | 11.8°F | 21.1°F | 0.52 in | 6.4 in | 5 |
| February | 37.5°F | 16.7°F | 27.1°F | 0.63 in | 4.1 in | 5 |
| March | 50.2°F | 26.7°F | 38.4°F | 0.65 in | 1.8 in | 5 |
| April | 58.7°F | 32.8°F | 45.8°F | 1.06 in | 1.4 in | 6 |
| May | 69.8°F | 41.6°F | 55.7°F | 1.28 in | 0.1 in | 7 |
| June | 82.5°F | 50.9°F | 66.7°F | 0.68 in | — | 5 |
| July | 89.1°F | 57.7°F | 73.4°F | 0.75 in | — | 5 |
| August | 85.8°F | 56.0°F | 70.9°F | 1.01 in | — | 6 |
| September | 76.1°F | 47.2°F | 61.6°F | 1.26 in | — | 6 |
| October | 61.3°F | 35.5°F | 48.4°F | 1.52 in | 0.4 in | 6 |
| November | 44.7°F | 23.9°F | 34.3°F | 0.70 in | 4.1 in | 5 |
| December | 31.3°F | 13.7°F | 22.5°F | 0.68 in | 7.8 in | 5 |
Climate twins of Dinosaur
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).