Cheraw, Colorado climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Cheraw's normal year runs from 13°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 13.0 inches of precipitation and 14 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.4°C, January lows of −11°C, July highs of 33°C, 329 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCheraw (1 mi N)
- Station IDUSC00051539
- Location38.12°N 103.51°W
- Elevation4,147 ft (1,264 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population231
On October 23, the normal high in Cheraw is 67°F and the normal low 32°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 11%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cheraw.
- Jan 47° 13°
- Feb 51° 17°
- Mar 61° 26°
- Apr 68° 34°
- May 77° 45°
- Jun 87° 56°
- Jul 92° 61°
- Aug 89° 59°
- Sep 83° 50°
- Oct 70° 35°
- Nov 57° 23°
- Dec 47° 14°
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 Cheraw each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 13°F. The most precipitation falls in July (2.54 in), the least in January (0.32 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47°F | 13°F | 29.7°F | 0.32 | 2.9 | 2 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 51°F | 17°F | 33.6°F | 0.34 | 3.7 | 3 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 61°F | 26°F | 43.3°F | 0.80 | 1.8 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 34°F | 51.0°F | 1.26 | 0.6 | 5 | <1 | 12 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 77°F | 45°F | 61.2°F | 1.61 | 0.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 87°F | 56°F | 71.7°F | 1.61 | 0.0 | 6 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 92°F | 61°F | 76.2°F | 2.54 | 0.0 | 7 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 89°F | 59°F | 74.3°F | 1.84 | 0.0 | 6 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 83°F | 50°F | 66.0°F | 0.88 | 0.0 | 4 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 35°F | 52.7°F | 0.97 | 0.5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 23°F | 40.0°F | 0.43 | 1.7 | 2 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 47°F | 14°F | 30.2°F | 0.37 | 2.9 | 3 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 36°F | 52.5°F | 12.97 | 14.1 | 52 | 66 | 167 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | −11°C | −1.3°C | 8 mm | 7 cm |
| February | 10°C | −8°C | 0.9°C | 9 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 16°C | −4°C | 6.3°C | 20 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 20°C | 1°C | 10.6°C | 32 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 25°C | 7°C | 16.2°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 13°C | 22.1°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 16°C | 24.6°C | 65 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 15°C | 23.5°C | 47 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 10°C | 18.9°C | 22 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 2°C | 11.5°C | 25 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 14°C | −5°C | 4.4°C | 11 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 8°C | −10°C | −1.0°C | 9 mm | 7 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00051539; 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 Cheraw?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (4).
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 USC00051539.
When is the last frost in Cheraw?
In Cheraw, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 30 in half of years and after May 13 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 10 in half of years and before October 1 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
- April 301 year in 10 after May 13; 9 in 10 after April 19
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 101 year in 10 before October 1; 9 in 10 before October 21
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 163 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 180 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 21 in half of springs and before October 18 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cheraw in zone 6a in ZIP code 81030, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Cheraw's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (23 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 USC00051539; 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 Cheraw?
In a normal year in Cheraw, 66 days a year reach 90°F (8 of them 100°F or more), 167 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 52 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 66a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 8a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 167a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 17high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 52a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1994) is 107°F, on June 25, 2012; the lowest is −25°F, on February 17, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2017, with 23.66 in; the snowiest season is 2014–15, with 33.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00051539; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00051539. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Cheraw?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Cheraw, 5.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (89%) and February the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 2.7 |
| February | 76% | 3.5 |
| March | 81% | 4.9 |
| April | 80% | 6.1 |
| May | 82% | 7.0 |
| June | 87% | 7.6 |
| July | 89% | 7.4 |
| August | 89% | 6.7 |
| September | 88% | 5.5 |
| October | 84% | 4.1 |
| November | 84% | 3.0 |
| December | 79% | 2.4 |
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 Cheraw need?
A normal year in Cheraw brings 5,553 heating degree days, 3% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,028 cooling degree days, 13% more 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 3,412 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,093 | 0 |
| February | 879 | 0 |
| March | 673 | 0 |
| April | 422 | 3 |
| May | 170 | 50 |
| June | 19 | 220 |
| July | 2 | 349 |
| August | 4 | 292 |
| September | 78 | 109 |
| October | 388 | 6 |
| November | 750 | 0 |
| December | 1,077 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,553 | 1,028 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00051539. 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 Cheraw been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 53.9°F, 1.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 52.5°F. 1 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.4°F | −0.1°F | 13.64 | 17.6 |
| 2023 | 51.8°F | −0.7°F | 16.17 | 15.2 |
| 2024 | 53.9°F | +1.4°F | 14.57 | 28.6 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00051539. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cheraw's climate compare?
Cheraw is warmer than 111 of the other 124 places with their own NOAA record in Colorado, and wetter than 30. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.5°F is warmer than 52%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cheraw 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.
Questions about Cheraw's climate
What is the coldest month in Cheraw?
January, with a normal high of 47°F and a normal low of 13°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Cheraw?
Yes: 14 inches in a normal year, falling on 5 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (3.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Cheraw?
July, with 2.54 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.32 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cheraw in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cheraw in zone 6a in ZIP code 81030, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Cheraw's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Cheraw?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 30; in one year in ten it comes after May 13. Waiting until May 13 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Colorado climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- La Junta, CO4 miles from this station, 54.8°F a year
- Rocky Ford, CO11 miles from this station, 53.8°F a year
- Ordway, CO14 miles from this station, 52.1°F a year
- Las Animas, CO16 miles from this station, 54.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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