Maybell, CO Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Maybell's primary NOAA station, MAYBELL.
The climate verdict for Maybell
Dryness leads the climate profile for Maybell, Colorado, with 12.6 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 42°F. At 34/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 2% of scores.
- 42°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 34/100
- comfort score, above 2% of station-mapped location scores
- 12.6"
- annual precipitation · 55" snow
- 85 days
- frost-free growing season
Maybell: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00055446 · Maybell, CO 42°F mean · 12.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 42°F
- RANK-COOL #549
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Judith Gap
- PRCP-DRY 12.6"
- SWING-WIDE 50°F
- COMF-LOW 34/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,669 HDD
- STN-1 USC00055446
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Judith Gap, MT (+ 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.
- Maybell (this station) 42°F
- Cold Gloversville, NY 42°F
- Hot Judith Gap, MT 42°F
- Near Lima, MT 42°F
- Near Old Forge, NY 42°F
Climate Living Index · Maybell
Maybell: 8/100 · grade F
Maybell publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Maybell, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 34/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 12.6 in · 22.4 from 35 in | 20/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 55.3 inches/year | 18/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 41.6°F · 25.9° from 67.5°F | 8/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 230 calendar days | 1/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 85 days/year | 0/100 · F |
Maybell · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Maybell is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 16.2°F and warmest-month mean 66.5°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
- 66.5°F
- Coldest month
- 16.2°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 Maybell sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Maybell's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 92%
- Among 6,861 stations, Maybell sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 88%
- Maybell's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 82%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Maybell is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Maybell compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Maybell's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
34 2nd percentile score exceeds 2% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F (0°C) | 1°F (-17°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 0.9" | 10.9" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 37°F (3°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 0.9" | 9.2" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 48°F (9°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 1.2" | 8.4" | 30.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 58°F (14°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.5" | 3.6" | 25.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 1.3" | 0.7" | 13.5 | 0.1 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 11.5 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 5.9 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 9.3 | 0.6 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.3" | 2.6" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 46°F (8°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 1.1" | 8.2" | 29.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 33°F (1°C) | 3°F (-16°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 1.0" | 11.7" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 20, short of 90°F on every date, while 230 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 0°F near January 3.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 12, then returns to freezing around September 26, covering 230 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 April 14, when 25% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 26 at 12%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 71 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 28 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 Maybell.
Where Maybell Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 230 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.
Maybell 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: 10.9"
6.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.2"
6.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.4"
6.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.6"
7.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
7.4 days with precipitation
3.8 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
5.3 days with precipitation
5.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.6"
5.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.2"
6.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.7"
6.5 days with precipitation
Maybell spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 19% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Maybell has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 50.3°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: April averages 1.5" and July 0.6". The three wettest months together take 32% 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.
Maybell is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 71 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 19% of the calendar, and they carry 12.6" 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 April 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 Maybell
Maybell averages 55.3 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 26 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: 55.3 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 26 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 44% 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 9
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 16
50% probability date
Growing Season
85 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,669
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
148
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CO closest to Maybell 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 (42°F here).
- Greenland, MI 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Johnson, VT 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Judith Gap, MT 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Oakes, ND 42°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Conrad, MT 12.6" · 0.0" off
- Palmer, AK 12.6" · 0.0" off
- San Manuel, AZ 12.6" · 0.0" off
- Valier, MT 12.6" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Maybell
heating led · dry · mid swing
Maybell's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,669 annual heating degree days against 148 for cooling. Its 50.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 85 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. Maybell 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. Maybell typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Maybell snow peak
December
Maybell averages 55.3 inches of snow a year, with December 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 Maybell's primary station: MAYBELL (USC00055446). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 0849325), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Maybell: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Maybell 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.