Craig Moffat County, CO Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Craig Moffat County's primary NOAA station, CRAIG MOFFAT CO AP.
The climate verdict for Craig Moffat County
Dryness leads the climate profile for Craig Moffat County, Colorado, with 14.1 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
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 14.1"
- precipitation, annual total
- 98 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Craig Moffat County: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00024046 · Craig Moffat County, CO 43°F mean · 14.1" 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 #823
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Harrisville
- PRCP-DRY 14.1"
- SWING-WIDE 52°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,234 HDD
- STN-1 USW00024046
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Harrisville, MI ( -0.1 °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 Moffat Co… (this station) 43°F
- Cold Harrisville, MI 43°F
- Hot Tamworth, NH 43°F
- Near Cooperstown, NY 43°F
- Near Craig, CO 43°F
Climate Living Index · Craig Moffat County
Craig Moffat County: 14/100 · grade F
Craig Moffat County publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Craig Moffat County, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Summer moisture balance | 40.8°F mean dew point | 39/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 14.1 in · 20.9 from 35 in | 25/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 42.9°F · 24.6° from 67.5°F | 12/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 230 calendar days | 1/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 98 days/year | 0/100 · F |
Craig Moffat County · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Craig Moffat County is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 16.8°F and warmest-month mean 68.3°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
- 68.3°F
- Coldest month
- 16.8°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 Moffat County sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Craig Moffat County's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 88%
- Among 6,861 stations, Craig Moffat County sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 85%
- Craig Moffat County's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 85%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Craig Moffat County is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Craig Moffat County compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Craig Moffat County'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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F (-1°C) | 3°F (-16°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 0.9" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 36°F (2°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 0.9" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 48°F (9°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.0" | 29.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.7" | 24.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 1.6" | 12.7 | 0.1 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.0" | 2.0 | 4.8 |
| July | 89°F (32°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.9" | 0.1 | 16.4 |
| August | 87°F (30°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 1.0" | 0.2 | 9.4 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.8" | 9.1 | 0.9 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 1.5" | 24.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 1.0" | 29.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 32°F (0°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 0.9" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Craig Moffat County works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 90°F by July 20 and hold at or above 90°F on 10 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 220 dates, bottoming at 2°F around January 1.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 18 through July 27, covering 10 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 19 to October 1.
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 May 6, then returns to freezing around September 30, covering 220 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 April 9, when 37% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 27 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 109 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 2 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 43°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Craig Moffat County.
Where Craig Moffat County Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 220 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 43°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Craig Moffat County earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
10.0 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
11.2 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
Craig Moffat County 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 19%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Craig Moffat County has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 51.5°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 1.8" and February 0.9". The three wettest months together take 36% 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.
Craig Moffat County is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 109 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 30% of the calendar, and they carry 14.1" between them. At roughly 0.13 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is April at about 11 wet days; the driest is June at about 7.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 12
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 6
50% probability date
Growing Season
98 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,234
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
217
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 3.7 | N/A | N/A |
| February | 68% | 5.0 | N/A | N/A |
| March | 57% | 7.1 | N/A | N/A |
| April | 52% | 6.9 | N/A | N/A |
| May | 50% | 6.4 | N/A | N/A |
| June | 43% | 6.3 | N/A | N/A |
| July | 46% | 5.9 | N/A | N/A |
| August | 48% | 5.1 | N/A | N/A |
| September | 53% | 5.0 | N/A | N/A |
| October | 62% | 4.6 | N/A | N/A |
| November | 70% | 3.9 | N/A | N/A |
| December | 73% | 3.6 | N/A | N/A |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CO closest to Craig Moffat County 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).
- Columbia, SD 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Denio, NV 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Fullerton, ND 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Government Camp, OR 43°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (14.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Missoula, MT 14.1" · 0.0" off
- Pine Bluffs, WY 14.1" · 0.0" off
- Condon, OR 14.1" · 0.0" off
- Maxwell, NM 14.1" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Craig Moffat County's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Craig Moffat County's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,234 annual heating degree days against 217 for cooling. Its 51.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 98 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 Moffat County's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 51.5°F. The annual average is 43°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Craig Moffat County's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 14.1 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.
Craig Moffat County wettest normal
September
September concentrates the scarce annual total (14.1 inches).
Craig Moffat County driest normal
February
February is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
Questions about Craig Moffat County's climate
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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 Moffat County's primary station: CRAIG MOFFAT CO AP (USW00024046). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Craig Moffat County; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Craig Moffat County 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.