Craig, 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 Craig's primary NOAA station, CRAIG 4SW.
The climate verdict for Craig
Dryness leads the climate profile for Craig, Colorado, with 17.4 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 43°F. At 40/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 6% of scores.
- 43°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 17.4"
- yearly precipitation total
- 114 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Craig: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00051932 · Craig, CO 43°F mean · 17.4" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 43°F
- RANK-COOL #755
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Harrisville
- PRCP-DRY 17.4"
- SWING-WIDE 49°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,247 HDD
- STN-1 USC00051932
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Harrisville, 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.
- Craig (this station) 43°F
- Hot Bozeman Gallati…, MT 43°F
- Near Harrisville, MI 43°F
- Near Washington Isla…, WI 43°F
- Near Craig Moffat Co…, CO 43°F
Climate Living Index · Craig
Craig: 15/100 · grade F
Craig publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Craig, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 17.4 in · 17.6 from 35 in | 37/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 42.8°F · 24.7° from 67.5°F | 12/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 212 calendar days | 8/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 114 days/year | 4/100 · F |
Craig · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Craig is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 18.6°F and warmest-month mean 67.4°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 67.4°F
- Coldest month
- 18.6°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 Craig sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Craig's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 89%
- Among 6,861 stations, Craig sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 77%
- Craig's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 77%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Craig is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Craig compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Craig's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
40 6th percentile score exceeds 6% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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
Craig's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 32 complete annual observations from 1980 to 2025, CRAIG 4SW warmed at a fitted rate of 0.32°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Craig primary station fitted change +0.32 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°F (-1°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 1.2" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 35°F (2°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 1.1" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 47°F (8°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 1.3" | 29.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (13°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 1.9" | 22.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 1.9" | 7.8 | 0.0 |
| June | 78°F (25°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.1" | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| July | 85°F (30°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 1.2" | 0.0 | 8.4 |
| August | 83°F (28°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 1.3" | 0.0 | 4.4 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.8" | 3.9 | 0.4 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 1.8" | 19.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 45°F (7°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 1.4" | 28.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 32°F (0°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 20°F (-6°C) | 1.4" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 23, short of 90°F on every date, while 212 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 7°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 4, then returns to freezing around October 6, covering 212 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.
The widest day
June 29 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 Craig.
Where Craig Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 212 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 36°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Craig earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Craig spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 20% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Craig has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 48.8°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 1.9" and June 1.1". The three wettest months together take 32% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 29
50% probability date
Growing Season
114 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,247
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
195
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CO closest to Craig 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 (43°F here).
- Cooperstown, NY 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Denton, MT 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Elfin Cove, AK 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Farmington, ME 43°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (17.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Dulce, NM 17.4" · 0.0" off
- Cottonwood, SD 17.4" · 0.0" off
- Stanford, MT 17.3" · 0.0" off
- La Grande, OR 17.4" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Craig's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Craig's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,247 annual heating degree days against 195 for cooling. Its 48.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 114 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.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Craig's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 48.8°F. The annual average is 43°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Craig's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 17.4 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Craig's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Craig, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Craig's primary station: CRAIG 4SW (USC00051932). 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 an incorporated place (GEOID 0817760). Match rule for Craig: 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 Craig 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.