Creede Wtp, CO Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Creede Wtp's primary NOAA station, CREEDE WTP.
The climate verdict for Creede Wtp
Dryness leads the climate profile for Creede Wtp, Colorado, with 15.1 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 37°F. July is the warmest month at 60°F and January the coldest at 12°F.
- 37°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 15.1"
- yearly precipitation total
Creede Wtp: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00051948 · Creede Wtp, CO 37°F mean · 15.1" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 37°F
- RANK-COOL #137
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Intricate Bay
- PRCP-DRY 15.1"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 10,294 HDD
- STN-1 USC00051948
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Intricate Bay, AK (+ 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.
- Creede Wtp (this station) 37°F
- Hot Fairplay S Park…, CO 37°F
- Near Intricate Bay, AK 37°F
- Near Matanuska, AK 37°F
- Near St George Island, AK 37°F
Climate Living Index · Creede Wtp
Creede Wtp: 7/100 · grade F
Creede Wtp publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Creede Wtp, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 15.1 in · 19.9 from 35 in | 29/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 36.7°F · 30.8° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 272 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Creede Wtp · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Creede Wtp is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 11.6°F and warmest-month mean 59.7°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
- 59.7°F
- Coldest month
- 11.6°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 Creede Wtp sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Creede Wtp's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 98%
- Among 6,861 stations, Creede Wtp sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 82%
- Creede Wtp's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 74%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Creede Wtp is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F (0°C) | -10°F (-23°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 0.8" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 38°F (3°C) | -4°F (-20°C) | 17°F (-9°C) | 0.8" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 46°F (8°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 1.0" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 54°F (12°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 1.1" | 29.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 63°F (17°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.0" | 26.3 | 0.0 |
| June | 75°F (24°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 0.8" | 15.4 | 0.0 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 2.0" | 1.8 | 0.0 |
| August | 75°F (24°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 2.7" | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| September | 70°F (21°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 1.7" | 17.3 | 0.0 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 1.3" | 29.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 46°F (8°C) | 8°F (-13°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 1.2" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 33°F (0°C) | -8°F (-22°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 0.7" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 80°F around July 9, short of 90°F on every date, while 272 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest -11°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into June 14, then returns to freezing around September 17, covering 272 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 22 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 44°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Creede Wtp.
Where Creede Wtp Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 272 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 44°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Creede Wtp earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Creede Wtp runs a summer-peaked wet season
37% of Creede Wtp'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 August at 2.7", on a wide 48.1°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: August, July, September, taking 43% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: December at 0.7".
- Winter share: 15% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
10,294
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CO closest to Creede Wtp 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 (37°F here).
- Babbitt, MN 37°F · 0.0°F off
- Cooper Landing, AK 37°F · 0.0°F off
- Lutsen, MN 37°F · 0.0°F off
- Island Park, ID 37°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Monument, OR 15.1" · 0.0" off
- Palo Alto, CA 15.1" · 0.0" off
- Jemez Springs, NM 15.2" · 0.0" off
- Darby, MT 15.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Creede Wtp's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Creede Wtp's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 10,294 annual heating degree days against 3 for cooling. Its 48.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Creede Wtp. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Creede Wtp's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 48.1°F. The annual average is 37°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Creede Wtp's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 15.1 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.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Creede Wtp'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 Creede Wtp, 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 Creede Wtp's primary station: CREEDE WTP (USC00051948). 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 Creede Wtp; 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 Creede Wtp 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.