Maybell, Colorado climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Maybell's normal year runs from 1°F January nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 12.6 inches of precipitation and 55 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 5.3°C, January lows of −17°C, July highs of 30°C, 321 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMaybell
- Station IDUSC00055446
- Location40.52°N 108.09°W
- Elevation5,944 ft (1,812 m)
- Population (census place)38
On October 23, the normal high in Maybell is 57°F and the normal low 22°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Maybell.
- Jan 32° 1°
- Feb 37° 7°
- Mar 48° 18°
- Apr 58° 25°
- May 68° 33°
- Jun 79° 40°
- Jul 86° 47°
- Aug 84° 45°
- Sep 75° 36°
- Oct 61° 24°
- Nov 46° 14°
- Dec 33° 3°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Maybell each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 1°F. The most precipitation falls in April (1.47 in), the least in July (0.64 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F | 1°F | 16.2°F | 0.89 | 10.9 | 6 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 37°F | 7°F | 21.9°F | 0.93 | 9.2 | 6 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 48°F | 18°F | 33.1°F | 1.16 | 8.4 | 7 | <1 | 30 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 58°F | 25°F | 41.1°F | 1.47 | 3.6 | 8 | <1 | 25 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 68°F | 33°F | 50.3°F | 1.27 | 0.7 | 7 | <1 | 14 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 79°F | 40°F | 59.4°F | 0.74 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 h |
| July | 86°F | 47°F | 66.5°F | 0.64 | 0.0 | 4 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 84°F | 45°F | 64.5°F | 0.97 | 0.0 | 5 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 75°F | 36°F | 55.4°F | 1.10 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 61°F | 24°F | 42.5°F | 1.32 | 2.6 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 46°F | 14°F | 29.6°F | 1.11 | 8.2 | 6 | <1 | 30 | 10 h |
| December | 33°F | 3°F | 18.2°F | 1.02 | 11.7 | 7 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 59°F | 24°F | 41.6°F | 12.62 | 55.3 | 71 | 21 | 227 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −17°C | −8.8°C | 23 mm | 28 cm |
| February | 3°C | −14°C | −5.6°C | 24 mm | 23 cm |
| March | 9°C | −8°C | 0.6°C | 29 mm | 21 cm |
| April | 14°C | −4°C | 5.1°C | 37 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 20°C | 0°C | 10.2°C | 32 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 26°C | 4°C | 15.2°C | 19 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 8°C | 19.2°C | 16 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 7°C | 18.1°C | 25 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 2°C | 13.0°C | 28 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 16°C | −4°C | 5.8°C | 34 mm | 7 cm |
| November | 8°C | −10°C | −1.3°C | 28 mm | 21 cm |
| December | 1°C | −16°C | −7.7°C | 26 mm | 30 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00055446; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Maybell?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August 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 USC00055446.
When is the last frost in Maybell?
In Maybell, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after June 16 in half of years and after July 1 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 9 in half of years and before August 26 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
- June 161 year in 10 after July 1; 9 in 10 after May 31
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 91 year in 10 before August 26; 9 in 10 before September 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 83 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 109 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after June 1 in half of springs and before September 19 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Maybell in zone 5b in ZIP code 81633, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Maybell's NOAA station is in zone 4a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −28°F (18 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 USC00055446; 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 in Maybell?
In a normal year in Maybell, 21 days a year reach 90°F, 227 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 71 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 21a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 227a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 42high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 71a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 18a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1958) is 102°F, on July 21, 1960; the lowest is −50°F, on January 12, 1963.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1979, with 18.27 in; the snowiest season is 1978–79, with 170.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00055446; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00055446. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Maybell?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Maybell, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. September is the sunniest month (86%) and December the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.3 |
| February | 73% | 3.2 |
| March | 76% | 4.6 |
| April | 76% | 5.8 |
| May | 79% | 6.8 |
| June | 86% | 7.8 |
| July | 85% | 7.3 |
| August | 85% | 6.5 |
| September | 86% | 5.5 |
| October | 81% | 3.9 |
| November | 77% | 2.6 |
| December | 70% | 2.0 |
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 much heating and cooling does Maybell need?
A normal year in Maybell brings 8,669 heating degree days, 61% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 148 cooling degree days, 84% 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 1,564 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,513 | 0 |
| February | 1,207 | 0 |
| March | 991 | 0 |
| April | 717 | 0 |
| May | 455 | 1 |
| June | 185 | 16 |
| July | 34 | 79 |
| August | 63 | 49 |
| September | 293 | 3 |
| October | 698 | 0 |
| November | 1,064 | 0 |
| December | 1,451 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,669 | 148 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00055446. 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.
Has Maybell been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 44.5°F, 2.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 41.6°F. 2 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44.0°F | +2.4°F | 10.88 | 40.9 |
| 2022 | 40.7°F | −0.9°F | 11.72 | 71.8 |
| 2023 | 40.0°F | −1.6°F | 10.44 | 68.1 |
| 2024 | 44.5°F | +2.9°F | 10.80 | 58.3 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00055446. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Maybell's climate compare?
Maybell is warmer than 21 of the other 124 places with their own NOAA record in Colorado, and wetter than 28. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 41.6°F is warmer than 9%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Maybell 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 Maybell's climate
What is the coldest month in Maybell?
January, with a normal high of 32°F and a normal low of 1°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 47°F at night).
Does it snow in Maybell?
Yes: 55 inches in a normal year, falling on 26 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (11.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Maybell?
April, with 1.47 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.64 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Maybell in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Maybell in zone 5b in ZIP code 81633, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Maybell's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −28°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 4a.
How late can frost come in Maybell?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after June 16; in one year in ten it comes after July 1. Waiting until July 1 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Colorado climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Craig, CO30 miles from this station, 42.9°F a year
- Massadona (3 mi E), CO31 miles from this station, 47.1°F a year
- Meeker, CO34 miles from this station, 44.8°F a year
- Baggs, WY43 miles from this station, 43.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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