La Junta, CO

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

La Junta has an annual average temperature of 53.7°F with about 13.6 inches of precipitation per year and 33.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 92.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 16.5°F). July is typically the wettest month (2.21 in) and February the driest (0.44 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing
46.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,070
Cooling need
1,005

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

94 of 366 (25.7%) of La Junta'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.

1990s
80
2000s
157
2010s
67
2020s
62

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 46.4°F 16.5°F 31.4°F 0.45 in 7.2 in 4
February 50.3°F 19.9°F 35.1°F 0.44 in 6.3 in 4
March 60.8°F 27.9°F 44.4°F 0.98 in 6.0 in 5
April 67.7°F 36.2°F 51.9°F 1.36 in 2.1 in 6
May 77.3°F 46.4°F 61.9°F 1.68 in 6
June 88.4°F 57.1°F 72.8°F 1.46 in 6
July 92.7°F 62.5°F 77.6°F 2.21 in 7
August 90.4°F 60.7°F 75.6°F 1.71 in 6
September 83.4°F 51.6°F 67.5°F 0.99 in 0.1 in 4
October 70.4°F 37.2°F 53.8°F 1.32 in 2.8 in 4
November 56.6°F 25.4°F 41.0°F 0.50 in 2.8 in 3
December 46.0°F 17.1°F 31.5°F 0.52 in 6.5 in 4

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