Rifle, CO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from RIFLE 3ENE, CO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Rifle has an annual average temperature of 46.4°F with about 12.8 inches of precipitation per year and 26.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 88.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 9.7°F). October is typically the wettest month (1.45 in) and December the driest (0.71 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
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All-time records →274 of 366 (74.9%) of Rifle'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.
| 2000s | 5 | |
| 2010s | 204 | |
| 2020s | 157 |
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 | 37.4°F | 9.7°F | 23.5°F | 0.93 in | 6.9 in | 8 |
| February | 41.7°F | 15.4°F | 28.5°F | 0.80 in | 5.5 in | 7 |
| March | 54.8°F | 21.8°F | 38.3°F | 0.93 in | 1.8 in | 7 |
| April | 62.0°F | 28.2°F | 45.1°F | 1.23 in | 1.1 in | 9 |
| May | 71.7°F | 36.6°F | 54.1°F | 1.32 in | — | 10 |
| June | 83.1°F | 44.7°F | 63.9°F | 0.80 in | — | 5 |
| July | 88.2°F | 52.2°F | 70.2°F | 1.16 in | — | 10 |
| August | 85.4°F | 49.3°F | 67.4°F | 1.27 in | — | 9 |
| September | 78.5°F | 40.6°F | 59.5°F | 1.42 in | — | 8 |
| October | 64.4°F | 29.5°F | 47.0°F | 1.45 in | 0.9 in | 9 |
| November | 49.5°F | 19.8°F | 34.7°F | 0.74 in | 2.7 in | 7 |
| December | 37.2°F | 11.3°F | 24.3°F | 0.71 in | 7.9 in | 8 |
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