Gateway (1 mi ENE), Colorado climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Gateway (1 mi ENE)'s normal year runs from 21°F January nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 11.8 inches of precipitation and 11 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.4°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 35°C, 300 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGateway (1 mi ENE)
- Station IDUSC00053246
- Location38.69°N 108.96°W
- Elevation4,671 ft (1,424 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Gateway (1 mi ENE) is 68°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 16%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Gateway (1 mi ENE).
- Jan 45° 21°
- Feb 52° 27°
- Mar 63° 34°
- Apr 71° 40°
- May 80° 48°
- Jun 91° 57°
- Jul 95° 64°
- Aug 92° 62°
- Sep 85° 53°
- Oct 71° 41°
- Nov 57° 30°
- Dec 45° 22°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Gateway (1 mi ENE) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 21°F. The most precipitation falls in September (1.45 in), the least in June (0.50 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F | 21°F | 33.1°F | 0.71 | 3.5 | 6 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 52°F | 27°F | 39.5°F | 0.69 | 1.9 | 6 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 63°F | 34°F | 48.5°F | 1.00 | 1.0 | 6 | <1 | 15 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 71°F | 40°F | 55.4°F | 1.13 | 0.5 | 6 | <1 | 5 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 80°F | 48°F | 64.0°F | 1.05 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 91°F | 57°F | 73.7°F | 0.50 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 95°F | 64°F | 79.5°F | 1.21 | 0.0 | 6 | 26 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 92°F | 62°F | 77.0°F | 1.26 | 0.0 | 7 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 85°F | 53°F | 68.9°F | 1.45 | 0.0 | 6 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 41°F | 56.3°F | 1.22 | 0.1 | 6 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 30°F | 43.8°F | 0.83 | 1.1 | 4 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 45°F | 22°F | 33.5°F | 0.75 | 3.1 | 5 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 42°F | 56.1°F | 11.80 | 11.2 | 65 | 73 | 127 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −6°C | 0.6°C | 18 mm | 9 cm |
| February | 11°C | −3°C | 4.2°C | 18 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 17°C | 1°C | 9.2°C | 25 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 21°C | 5°C | 13.0°C | 29 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 27°C | 9°C | 17.8°C | 27 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 33°C | 14°C | 23.2°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 18°C | 26.4°C | 31 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 17°C | 25.0°C | 32 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 12°C | 20.5°C | 37 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 5°C | 13.5°C | 31 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 14°C | −1°C | 6.6°C | 21 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 7°C | −5°C | 0.8°C | 19 mm | 8 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00053246; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Gateway (1 mi ENE)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (6).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00053246.
When is the last frost at Gateway (1 mi ENE)?
In Gateway (1 mi ENE), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 20 in half of years and after May 5 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 21 in half of years and before October 7 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 201 year in 10 after May 5; 9 in 10 after April 1
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 211 year in 10 before October 7; 9 in 10 before November 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 182 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 209 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 1 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gateway (1 mi ENE) in zone 6b in ZIP code 81522, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 3°F (23 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Colorado · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00053246; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Gateway (1 mi ENE)?
In a normal year in Gateway (1 mi ENE), 73 days a year reach 90°F (8 of them 100°F or more), 127 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 65 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 73a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 8a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 127a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 6high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 65a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 5a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1956) is 106°F, on July 12, 1959; the lowest is −28°F, on January 13, 1963.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 18.61 in; the snowiest season is 1948–49, with 40.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00053246; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00053246. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Gateway (1 mi ENE)?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Gateway (1 mi ENE), 5.1 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (88%) and December the cloudiest (75%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78% | 2.7 |
| February | 76% | 3.6 |
| March | 78% | 4.9 |
| April | 79% | 6.1 |
| May | 81% | 7.1 |
| June | 88% | 8.0 |
| July | 82% | 7.1 |
| August | 81% | 6.3 |
| September | 85% | 5.5 |
| October | 83% | 4.2 |
| November | 81% | 3.0 |
| December | 75% | 2.3 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Gateway (1 mi ENE) record?
A normal year at Gateway (1 mi ENE) brings 4,547 heating degree days, 15% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,331 cooling degree days, 47% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,978 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 987 | 0 |
| February | 714 | 0 |
| March | 512 | 0 |
| April | 294 | 8 |
| May | 103 | 72 |
| June | 9 | 270 |
| July | 0 | 451 |
| August | 0 | 371 |
| September | 35 | 150 |
| October | 279 | 10 |
| November | 638 | 0 |
| December | 978 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,547 | 1,331 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00053246. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Gateway (1 mi ENE) been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 59.0°F, 2.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.1°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57.7°F | +1.6°F | 13.65 | 13.7 |
| 2022 | 56.5°F | +0.4°F | 9.85 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 56.0°F | −0.1°F | 10.62 | 21.8 |
| 2024 | 58.2°F | +2.1°F | 12.19 | 9.9 |
| 2025 | 59.0°F | +2.9°F | 8.18 | 2.0 |
Over 40 complete years from 1959 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.5°F per century (+0.30°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00053246; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Gateway (1 mi ENE)'s climate compare?
Gateway (1 mi ENE) is warmer than 125 of the 125 places with their own NOAA record in Colorado, and wetter than 22. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.1°F is warmer than 64%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Gateway (1 mi ENE) is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Questions about Gateway (1 mi ENE)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Gateway (1 mi ENE)?
January, with a normal high of 45°F and a normal low of 21°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow at Gateway (1 mi ENE)?
Yes: 11 inches in a normal year, falling on 8 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (3.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Gateway (1 mi ENE)?
September, with 1.45 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.50 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Gateway (1 mi ENE) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Gateway (1 mi ENE) in zone 6b in ZIP code 81522, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 3°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come at Gateway (1 mi ENE)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 20; in one year in ten it comes after May 5. Waiting until May 5 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Colorado climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Glade Park (17 mi W), CO19 miles from this station, 47.1°F a year
- Dewey, UT21 miles from this station, 55.0°F a year
- Paradox (2 mi N), CO21 miles from this station, 50.6°F a year
- Castle Valley, UT24 miles from this station, 54.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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