Lake City, CO

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

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental climate 5b USDA hardiness Zone 5b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Lake City has an annual average temperature of 40.3°F with about 14.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 76.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 1.1°F). August is typically the wettest month (2.45 in) and February the driest (0.65 in).

Annual swing
44.3°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
8,880
Cooling need
0

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

0 of 366 (0%) of Lake City'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.

1900s
16
1910s
17
1940s
0
1950s
10
1960s
46
1970s
71
1980s
116
1990s
45
2000s
45
2010s
0

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 33.8°F 1.1°F 17.4°F 0.83 in 6
February 37.7°F 7.9°F 22.8°F 0.65 in 5
March 46.2°F 16.8°F 31.5°F 0.76 in 6
April 53.4°F 24.7°F 39.1°F 1.02 in 6
May 64.8°F 32.7°F 48.7°F 1.06 in 5
June 73.9°F 40.3°F 57.1°F 0.71 in 5
July 76.7°F 46.7°F 61.7°F 2.12 in 11
August 73.7°F 45.3°F 59.5°F 2.45 in 14
September 69.1°F 37.6°F 53.4°F 1.56 in 9
October 59.7°F 27.8°F 43.8°F 1.27 in 7
November 46.1°F 14.9°F 30.5°F 0.88 in 5
December 34.0°F 3.0°F 18.5°F 0.96 in 5

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