Saguache, CO

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

BWk Desert (cold) climate 6a USDA hardiness Zone 6a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Saguache has an annual average temperature of 43.9°F with about 8.4 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 80.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 7.0°F). August is typically the wettest month (1.86 in) and January the driest (0.20 in).

Annual swing
43.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,596
Cooling need
0

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

15 of 366 (4.1%) of Saguache'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.

1890s
0
1900s
51
1910s
108
1920s
34
1930s
24
1940s
6
1950s
22
1960s
10
1970s
14
1980s
17
1990s
14
2000s
51
2020s
15

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 35.5°F 7.0°F 21.2°F 0.20 in 3
February 41.2°F 11.4°F 26.3°F 0.26 in 3
March 51.1°F 21.5°F 36.3°F 0.39 in 4
April 59.3°F 26.9°F 43.1°F 0.70 in 4
May 68.0°F 36.4°F 52.2°F 0.53 in 4
June 77.5°F 43.6°F 60.5°F 0.62 in 4
July 80.2°F 49.6°F 64.9°F 1.29 in 9
August 78.7°F 48.7°F 63.7°F 1.86 in 11
September 73.4°F 40.4°F 56.9°F 0.99 in 6
October 62.1°F 29.7°F 45.9°F 0.66 in 5
November 48.7°F 19.6°F 34.1°F 0.58 in 3
December 35.9°F 7.5°F 21.7°F 0.31 in 2

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