Akron, Colorado climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Akron's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 15.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.1°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 32°C, 391 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAkron Washington County Airport
- Station IDUSW00024015
- Location40.17°N 103.22°W
- Elevation4,663 ft (1,421 m)
- Population1,745
On October 23, the normal high in Akron is 61°F and the normal low 34°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 18%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Akron.
- Jan 41° 17°
- Feb 44° 19°
- Mar 54° 27°
- Apr 61° 34°
- May 71° 43°
- Jun 83° 54°
- Jul 89° 60°
- Aug 87° 59°
- Sep 78° 50°
- Oct 64° 37°
- Nov 51° 26°
- Dec 41° 18°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Akron each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in July (2.78 in), the least in January (0.17 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F | 17°F | 29.1°F | 0.17 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 44°F | 19°F | 31.3°F | 0.20 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 54°F | 27°F | 40.5°F | 0.71 | 5 | <1 | 23 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 34°F | 47.2°F | 1.43 | 9 | <1 | 13 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 71°F | 43°F | 56.9°F | 2.65 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 83°F | 54°F | 68.2°F | 2.24 | 10 | 8 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 89°F | 60°F | 74.5°F | 2.78 | 10 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 87°F | 59°F | 72.5°F | 2.36 | 9 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 78°F | 50°F | 64.1°F | 1.24 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 37°F | 50.2°F | 0.99 | 6 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 51°F | 26°F | 38.3°F | 0.42 | 4 | <1 | 23 | 10 h |
| December | 41°F | 18°F | 29.3°F | 0.20 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 37°F | 50.2°F | 15.39 | 80 | 42 | 157 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −8°C | −1.6°C | 4 mm |
| February | 6°C | −7°C | −0.4°C | 5 mm |
| March | 12°C | −3°C | 4.7°C | 18 mm |
| April | 16°C | 1°C | 8.4°C | 36 mm |
| May | 21°C | 6°C | 13.8°C | 67 mm |
| June | 28°C | 12°C | 20.1°C | 57 mm |
| July | 32°C | 16°C | 23.6°C | 71 mm |
| August | 30°C | 15°C | 22.5°C | 60 mm |
| September | 26°C | 10°C | 17.8°C | 31 mm |
| October | 18°C | 3°C | 10.1°C | 25 mm |
| November | 11°C | −3°C | 3.5°C | 11 mm |
| December | 5°C | −8°C | −1.5°C | 5 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Woodrow (6 mi NNE) (20 miles away), gets 32 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00024015; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Akron?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (6).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00024015.
When is the last frost in Akron?
In Akron, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 6 in half of years and after May 19 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 8 in half of years and before September 27 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 61 year in 10 after May 19; 9 in 10 after April 24
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 81 year in 10 before September 27; 9 in 10 before October 20
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 155 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 173 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 27 in half of springs and before October 17 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Akron in zone 5b in ZIP code 80720, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Akron's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −10°F (29 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Colorado · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00024015; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Akron?
In a normal year in Akron, 42 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 157 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 80 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 42a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 157a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 28high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 80a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1937) is 107°F, on June 26, 2012; the lowest is −29°F, on February 1, 1951.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1987, with 24.20 in; the snowiest season is 1983–84, with 83.7 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00024015; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00024015. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Akron, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 52°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 55°F; the driest air comes in December (15°F). March is the windiest month (13.2 mph on average), and June has the most clear or nearly clear hours (82%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17°F | 60% | 42% | 11.7 mph | 72% | 19% |
| February | 18°F | 54% | 34% | 12.4 mph | 71% | 19% |
| March | 26°F | 52% | 31% | 13.2 mph | 67% | 21% |
| April | 34°F | 55% | 34% | 12.9 mph | 65% | 22% |
| May | 46°F | 59% | 37% | 11.8 mph | 69% | 18% |
| June | 51°F | 50% | 28% | 11.4 mph | 82% | 8% |
| July | 55°F | 55% | 32% | 10.5 mph | 80% | 9% |
| August | 49°F | 51% | 28% | 11.1 mph | 82% | 9% |
| September | 38°F | 50% | 29% | 11.5 mph | 80% | 12% |
| October | 26°F | 54% | 34% | 11.6 mph | 74% | 18% |
| November | 18°F | 57% | 39% | 12.0 mph | 77% | 15% |
| December | 15°F | 62% | 48% | 11.7 mph | 76% | 16% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00024015. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Akron?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Akron, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (87%) and February the cloudiest (75%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 2.5 |
| February | 75% | 3.3 |
| March | 77% | 4.6 |
| April | 76% | 5.6 |
| May | 77% | 6.4 |
| June | 85% | 7.4 |
| July | 87% | 7.2 |
| August | 87% | 6.4 |
| September | 86% | 5.3 |
| October | 81% | 3.8 |
| November | 80% | 2.7 |
| December | 76% | 2.1 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Akron need?
A normal year in Akron brings 6,189 heating degree days, 15% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 817 cooling degree days, 10% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,954 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,111 | 0 |
| February | 945 | 0 |
| March | 761 | 0 |
| April | 535 | 2 |
| May | 275 | 26 |
| June | 52 | 147 |
| July | 6 | 300 |
| August | 12 | 245 |
| September | 121 | 94 |
| October | 464 | 5 |
| November | 800 | 0 |
| December | 1,107 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,189 | 817 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00024015. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Akron been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 51.8°F, 1.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 50.2°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51.5°F | +1.3°F | 14.09 |
| 2022 | 50.0°F | −0.2°F | 10.90 |
| 2024 | 52.6°F | +2.4°F | 18.22 |
| 2025 | 51.8°F | +1.6°F | 18.95 |
Over 79 complete years from 1939 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.0°F per century (+0.28°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00024015; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Akron's climate compare?
Akron is warmer than 78 of the other 124 places with their own NOAA record in Colorado, and wetter than 61. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.2°F is warmer than 41%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Akron is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
What do Akron's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Akron. This page uses Akron Washington County Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akron (4 mi E) USC00050109 | 4 mi E | 4,542 ft | 50.1°F | 16°F | 89°F | 16.2 | – | May 8 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Akron's climate
What is the coldest month in Akron?
January, with a normal high of 41°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 60°F at night).
Does it snow in Akron?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Akron's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Woodrow (6 mi NNE) (20 miles away), records 32 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Akron?
July, with 2.78 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.17 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Akron in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Akron in zone 5b in ZIP code 80720, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Akron's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −10°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Akron?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 6; in one year in ten it comes after May 19. Waiting until May 19 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Akron in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Colorado climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Woodrow (6 mi NNE), CO20 miles from this station, 48.3°F a year
- Yuma, CO26 miles from this station, 51.8°F a year
- Leroy (5 mi WSW), CO27 miles from this station, 48.8°F a year
- Sterling, CO32 miles from this station, 51.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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