Silt, CO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from RIFLE GARFIELD CO AP, CO US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Silt has an annual average temperature of 49.1°F with about 10.7 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 92.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 13.4°F). September is typically the wettest month (1.34 in) and December the driest (0.57 in).

Annual swing
48.6°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,240
Cooling need
516

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

191 of 366 (52.2%) of Silt'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.

1990s
18
2000s
123
2010s
113
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 36.8°F 13.4°F 25.1°F 0.70 in 7
February 43.5°F 19.8°F 31.6°F 0.60 in 7
March 55.4°F 27.0°F 41.2°F 0.76 in 7
April 62.9°F 32.6°F 47.7°F 1.01 in 8
May 74.3°F 40.2°F 57.3°F 1.14 in 8
June 86.4°F 47.9°F 67.2°F 0.68 in 5
July 92.1°F 55.3°F 73.7°F 0.96 in 8
August 88.9°F 53.6°F 71.3°F 1.07 in 9
September 80.0°F 45.0°F 62.5°F 1.34 in 7
October 65.5°F 33.6°F 49.5°F 1.27 in 7
November 49.7°F 23.3°F 36.5°F 0.63 in 6
December 37.3°F 14.0°F 25.6°F 0.57 in 7

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