Silver Cliff, CO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from WESTCLIFFE, CO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Silver Cliff has an annual average temperature of 42.8°F with about 13.6 inches of precipitation per year and 84.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 80.6°F), and the coldest is December (average low 8.0°F). July is typically the wettest month (2.66 in) and January the driest (0.48 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.
Best time to visit Silver Cliff
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →43 of 366 (11.7%) of Silver Cliff'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 | 30 | |
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 34 | |
| 1920s | 15 | |
| 1930s | 102 | |
| 1940s | 25 | |
| 1950s | 29 | |
| 1960s | 10 | |
| 1970s | 9 | |
| 1980s | 23 | |
| 1990s | 11 | |
| 2000s | 22 | |
| 2010s | 20 | |
| 2020s | 31 |
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 | 39.6°F | 8.3°F | 23.9°F | 0.48 in | 8.4 in | 4 |
| February | 41.7°F | 12.1°F | 26.9°F | 0.58 in | 10.4 in | 5 |
| March | 49.6°F | 19.6°F | 34.6°F | 1.06 in | 15.0 in | 7 |
| April | 56.4°F | 25.7°F | 41.0°F | 1.56 in | 19.6 in | 7 |
| May | 65.8°F | 33.3°F | 49.5°F | 1.41 in | 4.3 in | 7 |
| June | 76.9°F | 40.6°F | 58.7°F | 0.79 in | — | 6 |
| July | 80.6°F | 44.9°F | 62.8°F | 2.66 in | — | 12 |
| August | 78.0°F | 44.1°F | 61.1°F | 1.98 in | — | 12 |
| September | 72.4°F | 37.0°F | 54.7°F | 0.90 in | 0.9 in | 6 |
| October | 61.3°F | 26.1°F | 43.7°F | 0.95 in | 8.4 in | 5 |
| November | 48.9°F | 16.7°F | 32.8°F | 0.69 in | 8.5 in | 4 |
| December | 39.8°F | 8.0°F | 23.9°F | 0.53 in | 8.8 in | 4 |
Climate twins of Silver Cliff
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