Hermit, CO Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Hermit's primary NOAA station, HERMIT 8 SE.
The climate verdict for Hermit
Dryness leads the climate profile for Hermit, Colorado, with 12.9 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 38°F. At 35/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 4% of scores.
- 38°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 35/100
- comfort score, above 4% of station-mapped location scores
- 12.9"
- annual precipitation · 55" snow
Hermit: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00053951 · Hermit, CO 38°F mean · 12.9" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 38°F
- RANK-COOL #206
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Eaglecrest Base
- PRCP-DRY 12.9"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-LOW 35/100
- LOAD-HEAT 9,830 HDD
- STN-1 USC00053951
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Eaglecrest Base, AK (+ 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.
- Hermit (this station) 38°F
- Cold Jackson, WY 38°F
- Hot Monashka Creek…, AK 38°F
- Near Eaglecrest Base, AK 38°F
- Near Pahaska, WY 38°F
Climate Living Index · Hermit
Hermit: 7/100 · grade F
Hermit publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Hermit, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 35/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 12.9 in · 22.1 from 35 in | 21/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 55.0 inches/year | 18/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 38.0°F · 29.5° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 265 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Hermit · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Hermit is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 16.4°F and warmest-month mean 60.0°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
- 60.0°F
- Coldest month
- 16.4°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 Hermit sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Hermit's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 97%
- Among 6,861 stations, Hermit sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 88%
- Hermit's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 51st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Hermit compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Hermit's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
35 4th percentile score exceeds 4% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 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
Hermit's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 88 complete annual observations from 1913 to 2025, HERMIT 8 SE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.10°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Hermit primary station fitted change +0.10 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34°F (1°C) | -1°F (-19°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 0.6" | 9.0" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 38°F (3°C) | 1°F (-17°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 0.8" | 10.1" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 45°F (7°C) | 11°F (-11°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.9" | 9.6" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 53°F (12°C) | 20°F (-6°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.7" | 5.7" | 29.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 62°F (17°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 0.8" | 1.3" | 27.1 | 0.0 |
| June | 74°F (23°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 16.1 | 0.0 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 3.5 | 0.1 |
| August | 76°F (24°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 2.4" | 0.0" | 3.7 | 0.1 |
| September | 70°F (21°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 1.7" | 0.2" | 18.1 | 0.0 |
| October | 59°F (15°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.0" | 3.8" | 29.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 1.0" | 8.1" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 35°F (2°C) | 0°F (-18°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 0.5" | 7.2" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 80°F around July 11, short of 90°F on every date, while 265 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest -2°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into June 8, then returns to freezing around September 18, covering 265 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 August 4, when 46% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 15 at 13%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 76 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 23 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 41°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Hermit.
Where Hermit Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 265 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 41°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Hermit 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: 9.0"
4.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.1"
4.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.6"
4.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.7"
4.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.3"
4.4 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
12.2 days with precipitation
14.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
8.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.8"
5.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.1"
4.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.2"
4.1 days with precipitation
Hermit runs a summer-peaked wet season
38% of Hermit'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 August at 2.4", on a 43.6°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: August, July, September, taking 46% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: December at 0.5".
- Winter share: 15% 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.
Hermit is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 76 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 21% of the calendar, and they carry 12.9" between them. At roughly 0.17 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 August at about 14 wet days; the driest is January 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 Hermit
Hermit averages 55.0 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 24 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: 55.0 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 24 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 43% 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
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
9,830
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
6
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CO closest to Hermit 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 (38°F here).
- Cook, MN 38°F · 0.0°F off
- Wright, MN 38°F · 0.0°F off
- Cavalier, ND 38°F · 0.1°F off
- Ely, MN 38°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Faywood, NM 12.9" · 0.0" off
- Blanding, UT 12.9" · 0.0" off
- Redlands, CA 12.9" · 0.0" off
- Hope, NM 12.9" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Hermit
heating led · dry · mid swing
Hermit's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 9,830 annual heating degree days against 6 for cooling. Its 43.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Hermit. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
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1. Hermit coldest normal
January
Averaging 16°F (-9°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Hermit typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Hermit snow peak
February
Hermit averages 55.0 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Hermit's primary station: HERMIT 8 SE (USC00053951). 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 Hermit; 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 Hermit 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.