Divide, CO Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Divide's primary NOAA station, DIVIDE 4NW.
The climate verdict for Divide
Dryness leads the climate profile for Divide, Colorado, with 20.0 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 39°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.
- 39°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 20.0"
- yearly precipitation total
- 112 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Divide: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00052294 · Divide, CO 39°F mean · 20.0" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 39°F
- RANK-COOL #274
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Red River
- PRCP-DRY 20.0"
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 9,425 HDD
- STN-1 USC00052294
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Red River, NM (+ 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.
- Divide (this station) 39°F
- Hot Woodruff, UT 39°F
- Near Red River, NM 39°F
- Near Hohnholz Rch, CO 39°F
- Near Scofield Dam, UT 39°F
Climate Living Index · Divide
Divide: 11/100 · grade F
Divide publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Divide, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 20.0 in · 15.0 from 35 in | 47/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 112 days/year | 3/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 227 calendar days | 3/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 39.1°F · 28.4° from 67.5°F | 2/100 · F |
Divide · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Divide is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 21.0°F and warmest-month mean 60.5°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
- 60.5°F
- Coldest month
- 21.0°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 Divide sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Divide's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 96%
- Among 6,861 stations, Divide sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 72%
- Divide's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 34th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Divide compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Divide'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 | 33°F (0°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 0.7" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 34°F (1°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 0.7" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 41°F (5°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 1.4" | 29.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 47°F (8°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 2.1" | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 57°F (14°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 2.0" | 16.8 | 0.0 |
| June | 69°F (20°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.8" | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| July | 74°F (24°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 71°F (22°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 3.2" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 65°F (19°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 1.9" | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| October | 54°F (12°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 0.9" | 20.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 42°F (5°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.7" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 33°F (0°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 0.7" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 75°F around July 15, short of 90°F on every date, while 227 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 9°F near January 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 18, then returns to freezing around October 5, covering 227 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
July 1 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Divide.
Where Divide Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 227 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Divide earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Divide runs a summer-peaked wet season
44% of Divide'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 July at 3.7", on a 39.5°F seasonal spread. 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: July, August, April, taking 45% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.7".
- Winter share: 11% 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
September 21
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
112 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
9,425
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
4
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CO closest to Divide 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 (39°F here).
- Alta, UT 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Esmond, ND 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Hallock, MN 39°F · 0.0°F off
- La Barge, WY 39°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (20.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Big Bear Lake, CA 20.0" · 0.0" off
- Nezperce, ID 20.0" · 0.0" off
- Cavalier, ND 20.0" · 0.0" off
- Whitefish, MT 19.9" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Divide's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Divide's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 9,425 annual heating degree days against 4 for cooling. Its 39.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 112 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 Divide's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 39.5°F. The annual average is 39°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Divide's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 20.0 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 Divide'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 Divide, 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 Divide's primary station: DIVIDE 4NW (USC00052294). 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 0820605), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Divide: 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 Divide 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.