What is the hottest month in Oak Creek?

July is the warmest month in Oak Creek, with an average high of 79.4°F.

What is the coldest month in Oak Creek?

January is the coldest month in Oak Creek, with an average low of 7.2°F.

What month does Oak Creek get the most rain?

April is typically the wettest month in Oak Creek, with about 1.82 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Oak Creek in?

Oak Creek is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 6a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Oak Creek changed recently?

26% of Oak Creek's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Oak Creek, CO

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

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental climate 6a USDA hardiness Zone 6a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Oak Creek has an annual average temperature of 40.2°F with about 16.9 inches of precipitation per year and 131.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 79.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 7.2°F). April is typically the wettest month (1.82 in) and June the driest (1.11 in). Snow typically falls from January through December.

Annual swing

43.6°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

8,919

HDD/yr

Cooling need

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Oak Creek

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

95 of 366 (26%) of Oak Creek'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		0
1910s		0
1920s		0
1940s		2
1950s		0
1960s		24
1970s		59
1980s		63
1990s		34
2000s		67
2010s		66
2020s		51

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	31.6°F	7.2°F	19.4°F	1.37 in	26.1 in	12
February	34.5°F	8.5°F	21.5°F	1.29 in	21.3 in	11
March	43.2°F	16.9°F	30.0°F	1.32 in	16.8 in	10
April	52.0°F	24.2°F	38.1°F	1.82 in	15.5 in	11
May	62.2°F	32.5°F	47.4°F	1.62 in	4.7 in	10
June	73.5°F	39.9°F	56.7°F	1.11 in	0.5 in	7
July	79.4°F	46.5°F	63.0°F	1.62 in	—	10
August	77.5°F	45.0°F	61.3°F	1.59 in	—	11
September	70.4°F	37.1°F	53.8°F	1.48 in	0.6 in	9
October	57.2°F	26.7°F	41.9°F	1.26 in	6.9 in	8
November	42.3°F	17.0°F	29.6°F	1.19 in	17.4 in	9
December	31.7°F	8.4°F	20.0°F	1.27 in	21.4 in	11