Kim (10 mi SSE), Colorado climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Kim (10 mi SSE)'s normal year runs from 21°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 16.1 inches of precipitation and 27 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.3°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 32°C, 408 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationKim (10 mi SSE)
- Station IDUSC00054546
- Location37.12°N 103.30°W
- Elevation5,257 ft (1,602 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Kim (10 mi SSE) is 68°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 10%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Kim (10 mi SSE).
- Jan 50° 21°
- Feb 53° 24°
- Mar 60° 30°
- Apr 67° 37°
- May 76° 47°
- Jun 85° 57°
- Jul 89° 61°
- Aug 86° 59°
- Sep 80° 51°
- Oct 70° 39°
- Nov 58° 29°
- Dec 50° 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 Kim (10 mi SSE) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 21°F. The most precipitation falls in August (2.89 in), the least in January (0.36 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 21°F | 35.4°F | 0.36 | 4.2 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 53°F | 24°F | 38.1°F | 0.36 | 2.8 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 60°F | 30°F | 45.3°F | 0.92 | 5.0 | 4 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 37°F | 52.0°F | 1.37 | 4.2 | 6 | <1 | 11 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 47°F | 61.6°F | 1.92 | 0.4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 85°F | 57°F | 70.8°F | 2.05 | 0.0 | 7 | 8 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 89°F | 61°F | 75.0°F | 2.80 | 0.0 | 9 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 86°F | 59°F | 72.8°F | 2.89 | 0.0 | 8 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 80°F | 51°F | 65.7°F | 1.52 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 39°F | 54.2°F | 0.89 | 2.1 | 3 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 58°F | 29°F | 43.6°F | 0.48 | 3.3 | 3 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 50°F | 22°F | 35.9°F | 0.52 | 4.9 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 40°F | 54.2°F | 16.08 | 26.9 | 61 | 33 | 151 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −6°C | 1.9°C | 9 mm | 11 cm |
| February | 11°C | −5°C | 3.4°C | 9 mm | 7 cm |
| March | 16°C | −1°C | 7.4°C | 23 mm | 13 cm |
| April | 19°C | 3°C | 11.1°C | 35 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 24°C | 8°C | 16.4°C | 49 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 30°C | 14°C | 21.6°C | 52 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 16°C | 23.9°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 15°C | 22.7°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 11°C | 18.7°C | 39 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 4°C | 12.3°C | 23 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 15°C | −2°C | 6.4°C | 12 mm | 8 cm |
| December | 10°C | −5°C | 2.2°C | 13 mm | 12 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00054546; 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 Kim (10 mi SSE)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (3).
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 USC00054546.
When is the last frost at Kim (10 mi SSE)?
In Kim (10 mi SSE), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 24 in half of years and after May 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 18 in half of years and before October 4 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 241 year in 10 after May 6; 9 in 10 after April 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 181 year in 10 before October 4; 9 in 10 before October 29
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 175 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 199 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 11 in half of springs and before October 28 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kim (10 mi SSE) in zone 6a in ZIP code 81049, 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 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (28 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 USC00054546; 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 Kim (10 mi SSE)?
In a normal year in Kim (10 mi SSE), 33 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 151 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 61 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 33a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 151a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 13high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 61a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 9a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1988) is 101°F, on June 27, 2011; the lowest is −17°F, on January 21, 2025.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2017, with 25.34 in; the snowiest season is 2006–07, with 74.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00054546; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00054546. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Kim (10 mi SSE)?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Kim (10 mi SSE), 5.2 kWh per square metre a day. September is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (78%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 81% | 2.9 |
| February | 78% | 3.7 |
| March | 81% | 5.1 |
| April | 81% | 6.2 |
| May | 84% | 7.1 |
| June | 87% | 7.6 |
| July | 88% | 7.3 |
| August | 88% | 6.6 |
| September | 88% | 5.6 |
| October | 86% | 4.3 |
| November | 84% | 3.2 |
| December | 79% | 2.5 |
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 Kim (10 mi SSE) record?
A normal year at Kim (10 mi SSE) brings 4,815 heating degree days, 10% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 905 cooling degree days, 0% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,390 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 916 | 0 |
| February | 755 | 0 |
| March | 611 | 0 |
| April | 395 | 4 |
| May | 152 | 48 |
| June | 20 | 194 |
| July | 1 | 311 |
| August | 4 | 246 |
| September | 73 | 96 |
| October | 341 | 7 |
| November | 644 | 0 |
| December | 904 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,815 | 905 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00054546. 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 Kim (10 mi SSE) been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 52.4°F, 1.8°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 54.2°F. 0 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53.7°F | −0.5°F | 13.78 | 11.9 |
| 2022 | 52.0°F | −2.2°F | 13.35 | 22.1 |
| 2023 | 51.2°F | −3.0°F | 19.39 | 16.9 |
| 2024 | 52.9°F | −1.3°F | 22.82 | 46.1 |
| 2025 | 52.4°F | −1.8°F | – | 15.0 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00054546. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Kim (10 mi SSE)'s climate compare?
Kim (10 mi SSE) is warmer than 120 of the 125 places with their own NOAA record in Colorado, and wetter than 70. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 54.2°F is warmer than 58%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Kim (10 mi SSE) 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.
Which places near Kim (10 mi SSE) share this climate record?
Kim has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Kim, CO65 people · 10 mi N
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Kim (10 mi SSE)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Kim (10 mi SSE)?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 21°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow at Kim (10 mi SSE)?
Yes: 27 inches in a normal year, falling on 12 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in March (5.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Kim (10 mi SSE)?
August, with 2.89 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.36 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Kim (10 mi SSE) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Kim (10 mi SSE) in zone 6a in ZIP code 81049, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come at Kim (10 mi SSE)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 24; in one year in ten it comes after May 6. Waiting until May 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Colorado climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Kim (15 mi NNE), CO24 miles from this station, 53.1°F a year
- Kenton, OK24 miles from this station, 56.0°F a year
- Springfield, CO39 miles from this station, 52.7°F a year
- Grenville, NM40 miles from this station, 51.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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