What is the hottest month in Westcliffe?

July is the warmest month in Westcliffe, with an average high of 80.6°F.

What is the coldest month in Westcliffe?

December is the coldest month in Westcliffe, with an average low of 8.0°F.

What month does Westcliffe get the most rain?

July is typically the wettest month in Westcliffe, with about 2.66 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Westcliffe in?

Westcliffe is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 6a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Westcliffe changed recently?

11.7% of Westcliffe'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.

Westcliffe, CO

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

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental climate 6a USDA hardiness Zone 6a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Westcliffe 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.

Annual swing

38.9°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

7,992

HDD/yr

Cooling need

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

43 of 366 (11.7%) of Westcliffe'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