Granada, CO

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Granada has an annual average temperature of 53.3°F with about 17.2 inches of precipitation per year and 21.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 93.4°F), and the coldest is December (average low 15.2°F). July is typically the wettest month (2.99 in) and February the driest (0.34 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Annual swing
47.6°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,229
Cooling need
1,008

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

32 of 366 (8.7%) of Granada'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
31
1910s
24
1920s
21
1930s
26
1940s
13
1950s
52
1960s
27
1970s
23
1980s
51
1990s
32
2000s
32
2010s
13
2020s
21

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 45.7°F 15.3°F 30.5°F 0.39 in 4.2 in 2
February 49.7°F 18.1°F 33.9°F 0.34 in 3.4 in 3
March 60.2°F 26.3°F 43.2°F 0.88 in 4.7 in 4
April 68.3°F 34.3°F 51.3°F 1.45 in 1.4 in 6
May 77.9°F 45.8°F 61.8°F 2.16 in 0.7 in 8
June 89.1°F 56.2°F 72.7°F 2.51 in 8
July 93.4°F 62.7°F 78.1°F 2.99 in 8
August 90.6°F 60.9°F 75.7°F 2.89 in 7
September 83.1°F 51.0°F 67.1°F 1.18 in 5
October 70.5°F 36.9°F 53.7°F 1.33 in 1.0 in 4
November 57.0°F 24.2°F 40.6°F 0.61 in 3.2 in 3
December 46.2°F 15.2°F 30.7°F 0.52 in 2.9 in 3

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