Dinosaur, CO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from DINOSAUR NM, CO US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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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.

Annual swing
52.3°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,903
Cooling need
480

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Climate change signal

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

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