What is the hottest month in Swink?

July is the warmest month in Swink, with an average high of 93.2°F.

What is the coldest month in Swink?

January is the coldest month in Swink, with an average low of 15.1°F.

What month does Swink get the most rain?

July is typically the wettest month in Swink, with about 2.35 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Swink in?

Swink is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Swink changed recently?

9.3% of Swink's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Swink, CO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ROCKY FORD 2 SE, CO US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Swink has an annual average temperature of 53.8°F with about 12.6 inches of precipitation per year and 24.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 93.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 15.1°F). July is typically the wettest month (2.35 in) and January the driest (0.30 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing

45.4°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

4,983

HDD/yr

Cooling need

942

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Swink

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

34 of 366 (9.3%) of Swink'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		16
1900s		17
1910s		15
1920s		20
1930s		20
1940s		19
1950s		33
1960s		23
1970s		19
1980s		30
1990s		45
2000s		66
2010s		27
2020s		16

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	47.9°F	15.1°F	31.5°F	0.30 in	4.6 in	3
February	52.2°F	18.9°F	35.6°F	0.36 in	3.8 in	3
March	63.1°F	27.0°F	45.1°F	0.76 in	4.7 in	5
April	70.7°F	35.6°F	53.2°F	1.33 in	1.8 in	5
May	79.6°F	45.9°F	62.7°F	1.53 in	0.1 in	7
June	89.8°F	56.1°F	72.9°F	1.53 in	—	6
July	93.2°F	60.2°F	76.7°F	2.35 in	—	7
August	91.0°F	58.5°F	74.7°F	1.87 in	—	7
September	84.7°F	49.5°F	67.1°F	0.82 in	0.1 in	4
October	72.0°F	35.7°F	53.8°F	0.94 in	2.1 in	4
November	57.7°F	23.7°F	40.7°F	0.43 in	3.3 in	3
December	47.2°F	15.5°F	31.3°F	0.37 in	4.3 in	3