Loveland, CO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LOVELAND 2N, CO US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Loveland has an annual average temperature of 48.7°F with about 15.6 inches of precipitation per year and 47 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 88.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 12.9°F). May is typically the wettest month (2.68 in) and January the driest (0.52 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Annual swing
43.5°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,261
Cooling need
381

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

176 of 366 (48.1%) of Loveland'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.

1980s
3
1990s
70
2000s
76
2010s
105
2020s
112

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 43.9°F 12.9°F 28.4°F 0.52 in 6.0 in 5
February 46.2°F 15.4°F 30.8°F 0.62 in 8.2 in 7
March 56.1°F 23.0°F 39.5°F 1.28 in 7.9 in 7
April 62.4°F 30.6°F 46.5°F 2.18 in 5.7 in 10
May 71.0°F 39.8°F 55.4°F 2.68 in 1.1 in 13
June 82.7°F 49.2°F 66.0°F 1.63 in 10
July 88.6°F 55.1°F 71.9°F 1.47 in 9
August 86.7°F 52.9°F 69.8°F 1.29 in 9
September 78.9°F 44.2°F 61.5°F 1.36 in 8
October 65.2°F 32.2°F 48.7°F 1.18 in 3.5 in 6
November 52.8°F 21.1°F 37.0°F 0.81 in 7.0 in 6
December 43.6°F 13.4°F 28.5°F 0.58 in 7.6 in 5

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