Glade Park, CO Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Glade Park's primary NOAA station, GLADE PARK 17W.
The climate verdict for Glade Park
Dryness leads the climate profile for Glade Park, Colorado, with 14.7 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 47°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 47°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 14.7"
- annual precipitation · 59" snow
- 128 days
- frost-free growing season
Glade Park: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00053307 · Glade Park, CO 47°F mean · 14.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,921
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Port Hope
- PRCP-DRY 14.7"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,943 HDD
- STN-1 USC00053307
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Port Hope, MI (+ 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.
- Glade Park (this station) 47°F
- Cold Great Falls 16st, MT 47°F
- Hot Wind Cave, SD 47°F
- Near Port Hope, MI 47°F
- Near Tioga Hammond D…, PA 47°F
Climate Living Index · Glade Park
Glade Park: 22/100 · grade F
Glade Park publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Glade Park, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 47.1°F · 20.4° from 67.5°F | 28/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 14.7 in · 20.3 from 35 in | 27/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 190 calendar days | 19/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 59.1 inches/year | 16/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 128 days/year | 11/100 · F |
Glade Park · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Glade Park is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 25.2°F and warmest-month mean 71.4°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
- 71.4°F
- Coldest month
- 25.2°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 Glade Park sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Glade Park's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 72%
- Among 6,861 stations, Glade Park sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 84%
- Glade Park's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 65th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Glade Park compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Glade Park's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F (4°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.1" | 9.5" | 30.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 42°F (6°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 1.2" | 11.4" | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 1.4" | 9.6" | 25.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.4" | 4.3" | 15.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 70°F (21°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.3" | 0.6" | 5.0 | 0.2 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 5.8 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 16.8 |
| August | 85°F (30°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.4 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 1.4 | 0.8 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.6" | 1.5" | 15.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 49°F (9°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.3" | 7.0" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.2" | 15.2" | 30.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 17, short of 90°F on every date, while 190 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 10°F near December 29.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 18, then returns to freezing around October 12, covering 190 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 22, when 28% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 14 at 13%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 82 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 28 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 34°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Glade Park.
Where Glade Park Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 190 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 15 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Glade Park earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 9.5"
6.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.4"
7.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.6"
8.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.3"
7.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
6.8 days with precipitation
3.6 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.5"
7.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.0"
5.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 15.2"
8.0 days with precipitation
Glade Park spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 18% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Glade Park has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.2°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 1.6" and June 0.7". The three wettest months together take 31% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Glade Park is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 82 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 22% of the calendar, and they carry 14.7" between them. At roughly 0.18 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is March at about 8 wet days; the driest is June at about 4.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Winter brings real snow to Glade Park
Glade Park averages 59.1 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 35 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 59.1 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 35 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 40% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
128 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,943
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
455
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CO closest to Glade Park 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 (47°F here).
- Auburn, MI 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Brigham City, UT 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Casper, WY 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Durham, NH 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (14.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Baker, MT 14.7" · 0.0" off
- Great Falls, MT 14.8" · 0.0" off
- Union, OR 14.8" · 0.0" off
- Walnut Creek, AZ 14.8" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Glade Park
heating led · dry · mid swing
Glade Park's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,943 annual heating degree days against 455 for cooling. Its 46.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 128 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.
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1. Glade Park coldest normal
January
Averaging 25°F (-4°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Glade Park typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Glade Park snow peak
December
Glade Park averages 59.1 inches of snow a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals.
Questions about Glade Park'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 Glade Park's primary station: GLADE PARK 17W (USC00053307). 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 Glade Park; 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 Glade Park 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.