Gypsum, CO

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

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Gypsum has an annual average temperature of 49.8°F with about 20 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 89.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 14.8°F). April is typically the wettest month (2.34 in) and June the driest (0.99 in).

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
49.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,045
Cooling need
561

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

124 of 366 (33.9%) of Gypsum'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.

1910s
27
1920s
1
1930s
123
1940s
33
1950s
0
1960s
4
1970s
26
1980s
0
1990s
0
2000s
28
2010s
47
2020s
77

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 35.5°F 14.8°F 25.2°F 1.66 in 11
February 42.5°F 20.4°F 31.5°F 1.59 in 11
March 53.4°F 28.1°F 40.8°F 1.33 in 9
April 61.5°F 35.1°F 48.3°F 2.34 in 11
May 71.2°F 43.7°F 57.5°F 2.10 in 10
June 83.2°F 51.2°F 67.2°F 0.99 in 6
July 89.2°F 59.3°F 74.3°F 1.03 in 7
August 86.6°F 57.8°F 72.2°F 1.52 in 9
September 79.2°F 50.3°F 64.8°F 2.17 in 8
October 65.1°F 38.0°F 51.6°F 2.08 in 8
November 48.8°F 27.1°F 38.0°F 1.74 in 8
December 35.8°F 15.7°F 25.8°F 1.48 in 8

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