Dove Creek, CO Climate: Temperature by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Dove Creek's primary NOAA station, DOVE CREEK.
The climate verdict for Dove Creek
Dove Creek, Colorado has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 49°F. July is the warmest month at 72°F and January the coldest at 28°F.
- 49°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 154 days
- frost-free growing season
Dove Creek: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00052342 · Dove Creek, CO 49°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 49°F
- RANK-COOL #2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Putneyville 2 S…
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-MID 45°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 6,429 HDD
- STN-1 USC00052342
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Putneyville 2 SE Dam, PA (+ 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.
- Dove Creek (this station) 49°F
- Cold Millbrook, NY 49°F
- Hot Dunkirk Chautau…, NY 49°F
- Near Putneyville 2 S…, PA 49°F
- Near Port Meadville, PA 49°F
Climate Living Index · Dove Creek
Dove Creek: 33/100 · grade F
Dove Creek publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Dove Creek, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 48.7°F · 18.8° from 67.5°F | 35/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 168 calendar days | 34/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 154 days/year | 28/100 · F |
Dove Creek · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Dove Creek sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Dove Creek are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- 34th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 57th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude 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 | 38°F (3°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | N/A | 30.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 42°F (5°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 31°F (0°C) | N/A | 26.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 50°F (10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | N/A | 23.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | N/A | 15.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (20°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | N/A | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 66°F (19°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| July | 87°F (30°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 72°F (22°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 10.7 |
| August | 83°F (28°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 70°F (21°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | N/A | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | N/A | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 49°F (10°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 38°F (3°C) | N/A | 22.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | N/A | 30.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 9, short of 90°F on every date, while 168 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 17°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 17, then returns to freezing around November 2, covering 168 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 27 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Dove Creek.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 12
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
154 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,429
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
519
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CO closest to Dove Creek 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 (49°F here).
- Clarkson, NE 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Cuba, NM 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Guernsey, WY 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Marblehead, MA 49°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Dove Creek's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Dove Creek's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,429 annual heating degree days against 519 for cooling. Its 44.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Dove Creek's frost-free season lasts about 154 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Dove Creek's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 44.7°F. The annual average is 49°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Dove Creek's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Dove Creek'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 Dove Creek, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Dove Creek'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 Dove Creek's primary station: DOVE CREEK (USC00052342). 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 0821265). Match rule for Dove Creek: 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 Dove Creek 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.