Palisade, CO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PALISADE, CO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Palisade has an annual average temperature of 54.4°F with about 10.5 inches of precipitation per year and 12.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 92.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 20.7°F). September is typically the wettest month (1.36 in) and June the driest (0.55 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Palisade
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →28 of 366 (7.7%) of Palisade'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 | 14 | |
| 1920s | 19 | |
| 1930s | 138 | |
| 1940s | 22 | |
| 1950s | 29 | |
| 1960s | 12 | |
| 1970s | 39 | |
| 1980s | 45 | |
| 1990s | 4 | |
| 2000s | 13 | |
| 2010s | 12 | |
| 2020s | 19 |
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 | 39.9°F | 20.7°F | 30.3°F | 0.61 in | 4.1 in | 5 |
| February | 47.2°F | 26.3°F | 36.8°F | 0.65 in | 2.5 in | 5 |
| March | 58.4°F | 34.5°F | 46.5°F | 0.85 in | 1.2 in | 6 |
| April | 65.6°F | 40.4°F | 53.0°F | 1.11 in | 0.4 in | 7 |
| May | 75.6°F | 49.7°F | 62.6°F | 1.10 in | — | 6 |
| June | 87.3°F | 58.5°F | 72.9°F | 0.55 in | — | 3 |
| July | 92.6°F | 64.8°F | 78.7°F | 0.68 in | — | 5 |
| August | 89.6°F | 62.9°F | 76.3°F | 0.88 in | — | 7 |
| September | 81.1°F | 54.5°F | 67.8°F | 1.36 in | — | 7 |
| October | 67.4°F | 41.6°F | 54.5°F | 1.30 in | 0.3 in | 6 |
| November | 52.9°F | 30.9°F | 41.9°F | 0.79 in | 1.0 in | 5 |
| December | 40.5°F | 21.5°F | 31.0°F | 0.59 in | 3.4 in | 5 |
Climate twins of Palisade
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).