Glade Park (17 mi W), Colorado climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Glade Park (17 mi W)'s normal year runs from 12°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 14.7 inches of precipitation and 59 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.4°C, January lows of −11°C, July highs of 31°C, 374 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGlade Park (17 mi W)
- Station IDUSC00053307
- Location38.95°N 109.05°W
- Elevation6,323 ft (1,927 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Glade Park (17 mi W) is 60°F and the normal low 29°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 21%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Glade Park (17 mi W).
- Jan 39° 12°
- Feb 42° 17°
- Mar 52° 25°
- Apr 59° 32°
- May 70° 40°
- Jun 82° 48°
- Jul 88° 55°
- Aug 85° 53°
- Sep 77° 43°
- Oct 63° 31°
- Nov 49° 22°
- Dec 38° 12°
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 Glade Park (17 mi W) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 12°F. The most precipitation falls in October (1.64 in), the least in June (0.67 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F | 12°F | 25.2°F | 1.07 | 9.5 | 7 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 42°F | 17°F | 29.7°F | 1.24 | 11.4 | 8 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 52°F | 25°F | 38.3°F | 1.41 | 9.6 | 8 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 59°F | 32°F | 45.2°F | 1.39 | 4.3 | 7 | <1 | 16 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 70°F | 40°F | 54.6°F | 1.30 | 0.6 | 7 | <1 | 5 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 82°F | 48°F | 64.9°F | 0.67 | 0.0 | 4 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 88°F | 55°F | 71.4°F | 0.88 | 0.0 | 6 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 85°F | 53°F | 68.8°F | 1.05 | 0.0 | 7 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 77°F | 43°F | 59.9°F | 1.57 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 63°F | 31°F | 46.9°F | 1.64 | 1.5 | 7 | <1 | 16 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 49°F | 22°F | 35.4°F | 1.29 | 7.0 | 6 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 38°F | 12°F | 25.2°F | 1.22 | 15.2 | 8 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 62°F | 32°F | 47.1°F | 14.73 | 59.1 | 82 | 32 | 178 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −11°C | −3.8°C | 27 mm | 24 cm |
| February | 6°C | −8°C | −1.3°C | 31 mm | 29 cm |
| March | 11°C | −4°C | 3.5°C | 36 mm | 24 cm |
| April | 15°C | 0°C | 7.3°C | 35 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 21°C | 4°C | 12.6°C | 33 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 28°C | 9°C | 18.3°C | 17 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 13°C | 21.9°C | 22 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 11°C | 20.4°C | 27 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 6°C | 15.5°C | 40 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 17°C | −1°C | 8.3°C | 42 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 9°C | −6°C | 1.9°C | 33 mm | 18 cm |
| December | 3°C | −11°C | −3.8°C | 31 mm | 39 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00053307; 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 Glade Park (17 mi W)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June and September. Of those, June has the fewest days with rain (4).
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 USC00053307.
When is the last frost at Glade Park (17 mi W)?
In Glade Park (17 mi W), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 21 in half of years and after June 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 26 in half of years and before September 14 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
- May 211 year in 10 after June 9; 9 in 10 after May 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 261 year in 10 before September 14; 9 in 10 before October 8
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 126 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 150 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 6 in half of springs and before October 5 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Glade Park (17 mi W) in zone 6b in ZIP code 81523, 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 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (20 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 USC00053307; 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 Glade Park (17 mi W)?
In a normal year in Glade Park (17 mi W), 32 days a year reach 90°F, 178 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 82 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 32a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 178a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 19high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 82a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 18a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1999) is 100°F, on June 29, 2013; the lowest is −20°F, on January 2, 2011.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 20.36 in; the snowiest season is 2022–23, with 106.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00053307; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00053307. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Glade Park (17 mi W)?
Over a year 85% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Glade Park (17 mi W), 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (91%) and December the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78% | 2.7 |
| February | 77% | 3.6 |
| March | 83% | 5.2 |
| April | 84% | 6.5 |
| May | 86% | 7.5 |
| June | 91% | 8.3 |
| July | 88% | 7.5 |
| August | 87% | 6.7 |
| September | 89% | 5.8 |
| October | 87% | 4.3 |
| November | 84% | 3.1 |
| December | 76% | 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 Glade Park (17 mi W) record?
A normal year at Glade Park (17 mi W) brings 6,943 heating degree days, 29% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 455 cooling degree days, 50% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,305 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,232 | 0 |
| February | 988 | 0 |
| March | 828 | 0 |
| April | 593 | 0 |
| May | 331 | 10 |
| June | 85 | 82 |
| July | 6 | 205 |
| August | 18 | 135 |
| September | 178 | 23 |
| October | 563 | 0 |
| November | 888 | 0 |
| December | 1,234 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,943 | 455 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00053307. 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 Glade Park (17 mi W) been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 51.3°F, 4.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 47.1°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50.0°F | +2.9°F | 15.11 | 61.6 |
| 2022 | 48.0°F | +0.9°F | 15.48 | 67.0 |
| 2023 | 47.8°F | +0.7°F | 11.84 | 78.1 |
| 2024 | 50.5°F | +3.4°F | 12.70 | 43.3 |
| 2025 | 51.3°F | +4.2°F | 10.88 | 25.2 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00053307. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Glade Park (17 mi W)'s climate compare?
Glade Park (17 mi W) is warmer than 52 of the 125 places with their own NOAA record in Colorado, and wetter than 48. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 47.1°F is warmer than 28%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Glade Park (17 mi W) is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm summer. 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 Glade Park (17 mi W)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Glade Park (17 mi W)?
January, with a normal high of 39°F and a normal low of 12°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 55°F at night).
Does it snow at Glade Park (17 mi W)?
Yes: 59 inches in a normal year, falling on 35 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (15.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Glade Park (17 mi W)?
October, with 1.64 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.67 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Glade Park (17 mi W) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Glade Park (17 mi W) in zone 6b in ZIP code 81523, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come at Glade Park (17 mi W)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 21; in one year in ten it comes after June 9. Waiting until June 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Colorado climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Dewey, UT17 miles from this station, 55.0°F a year
- Gateway (1 mi ENE), CO19 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
- Colorado National Monument, CO20 miles from this station, 53.3°F a year
- Fruita, CO22 miles from this station, 52.2°F a year
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