Briggsdale, CO Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Briggsdale's primary NOAA station, BRIGGSDALE.
The climate verdict for Briggsdale
Dryness leads the climate profile for Briggsdale, Colorado, with 13.4 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 48°F. At 54/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 48°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 13.4"
- annual precipitation · 19" snow
- 139 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Briggsdale: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00050945 · Briggsdale, CO 48°F mean · 13.4" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 48°F
- RANK-COOL #2,058
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Milford GM Prov…
- PRCP-DRY 13.4"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,855 HDD
- STN-1 USC00050945
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Milford GM Proving Ground, MI (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every CO station list.
- Briggsdale (this station) 48°F
- Cold Owosso Wwtp, MI 48°F
- Hot Shabbona, IL 48°F
- Near Milford GM Prov…, MI 48°F
- Near Farmington, MI 48°F
Climate Living Index · Briggsdale
Briggsdale: 23/100 · grade F
Briggsdale publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Briggsdale, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 18.8 inches/year | 50/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.7°F · 19.8° from 67.5°F | 30/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 13.4 in · 21.6 from 35 in | 23/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 139 days/year | 18/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 213 calendar days | 8/100 · F |
Briggsdale · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Briggsdale's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 73.1°F
- Coldest month
- 25.1°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Briggsdale sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Briggsdale's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 70%
- Among 6,861 stations, Briggsdale sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 86%
- Briggsdale's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 73%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Briggsdale is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Briggsdale compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Briggsdale's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
54 31st percentile score exceeds 31% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Briggsdale's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 31 complete annual observations from 1964 to 2022, BRIGGSDALE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.25°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Briggsdale primary station fitted change +0.25 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F (5°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 0.1" | 2.4" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 44°F (7°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.2" | 2.3" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 55°F (13°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 0.8" | 3.8" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (17°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.5" | 1.2" | 17.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 71°F (22°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 2.1" | 0.3" | 3.8 | 1.0 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 7.1 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 1.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 17.6 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 2.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.7 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.3" | 0.1" | 1.7 | 4.1 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 0.9" | 1.6" | 15.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 51°F (10°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 0.4" | 2.8" | 28.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.3" | 4.3" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Briggsdale works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by July 16 and hold at or above 90°F on 20 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 193 dates, bottoming at 9°F around December 22.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 10 through July 29, covering 20 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 13 to October 5.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 23, then returns to freezing around October 14, covering 193 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 27, when 31% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 14 at 7%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 57 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 36°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Briggsdale.
Where Briggsdale Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 193 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 13 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Briggsdale earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 2.4"
2.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.3"
2.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.8"
3.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.2"
4.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
8.8 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
4.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.6"
4.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.8"
3.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.3"
2.6 days with precipitation
Briggsdale runs a summer-peaked wet season
43% of Briggsdale's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is May at 2.1", on a wide 48°F gap between its warmest and coldest month. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: May, June, August, taking 46% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.1".
- Winter share: 5% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
How Briggsdale's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 58 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 13.4" between them, or roughly 0.23 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Briggsdale
Briggsdale averages 18.8 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 10 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 18.8 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 10 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 14% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 12
50% probability date
Growing Season
139 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,855
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
600
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CO closest to Briggsdale on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (48°F here).
- Batavia, NY 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Belchertown, MA 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Canby, CA 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Chester, CA 48°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (13.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Glendo, WY 13.4" · 0.0" off
- Chinook, MT 13.4" · 0.0" off
- Glasgow, MT 13.4" · 0.0" off
- Stockton, CA 13.4" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Briggsdale
heating led · dry · mid swing
Briggsdale's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,855 annual heating degree days against 600 for cooling. Its 48.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 139 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Briggsdale coldest normal
December
Averaging 25°F (-4°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Briggsdale typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Briggsdale snow peak
December
Briggsdale averages 18.8 inches of snow a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Briggsdale's primary station: BRIGGSDALE (USC00050945). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 0808620), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Briggsdale: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Briggsdale comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.