What is the hottest month in Eckley?

July is the warmest month in Eckley, with an average high of 91.8°F.

What is the coldest month in Eckley?

January is the coldest month in Eckley, with an average low of 17.2°F.

What month does Eckley get the most rain?

July is typically the wettest month in Eckley, with about 3.07 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Eckley in?

Eckley is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Eckley changed recently?

15.3% of Eckley's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Eckley, CO

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Eckley has an annual average temperature of 51.8°F with about 18 inches of precipitation per year and 22.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 91.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 17.2°F). July is typically the wettest month (3.07 in) and January the driest (0.29 in). Snow typically falls from September through April.

Annual swing

47°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

5,598

HDD/yr

Cooling need

831

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

56 of 366 (15.3%) of Eckley'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.

1890s		0
1900s		6
1910s		0
1920s		0
1930s		1
1940s		29
1950s		34
1960s		51
1970s		14
1980s		23
1990s		49
2000s		66
2010s		59
2020s		34

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	42.6°F	17.2°F	29.9°F	0.29 in	3.9 in	2
February	45.2°F	18.8°F	32.0°F	0.44 in	3.1 in	3
March	56.2°F	27.1°F	41.7°F	0.81 in	3.7 in	3
April	63.3°F	34.5°F	48.9°F	1.64 in	1.9 in	7
May	73.2°F	45.8°F	59.5°F	2.94 in	0.1 in	9
June	85.8°F	56.4°F	71.1°F	2.49 in	—	8
July	91.8°F	62.1°F	76.9°F	3.07 in	—	9
August	88.9°F	59.7°F	74.3°F	2.64 in	—	9
September	80.6°F	50.2°F	65.4°F	1.44 in	0.2 in	5
October	66.3°F	36.9°F	51.6°F	1.25 in	1.4 in	5
November	53.2°F	26.0°F	39.6°F	0.50 in	2.8 in	3
December	42.9°F	17.6°F	30.2°F	0.45 in	5.7 in	3