Northdale, 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 Northdale's primary NOAA station, NORTHDALE.
The climate verdict for Northdale
Dryness leads the climate profile for Northdale, Colorado, with 11.3 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 46°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 46°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 11.3"
- annual precipitation
- 114 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Northdale: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00055970 · Northdale, CO 46°F mean · 11.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 46°F
- RANK-COOL #1,441
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Augusta
- PRCP-ARID 11.3"
- SWING-MID 45°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,326 HDD
- STN-1 USC00055970
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Augusta, MT ( -0.1 °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.
- Northdale (this station) 46°F
- Hot Winthrop, WA 46°F
- Near Wilbur, WA 46°F
- Cold Kennebunkport, ME 45°F
- Near Augusta, MT 45°F
Climate Living Index · Northdale
Northdale: 14/100 · grade F
Northdale publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Northdale, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 45.5°F · 22.0° from 67.5°F | 21/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 11.3 in · 23.7 from 35 in | 16/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 208 calendar days | 10/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 114 days/year | 4/100 · F |
Northdale · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Northdale's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 68.9°F
- Coldest month
- 24.0°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 Northdale sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Northdale's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 79%
- Among 6,861 stations, Northdale sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 91%
- Northdale's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 58th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Northdale compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Northdale's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Northdale's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 63 complete annual observations from 1933 to 2025, NORTHDALE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.12°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Northdale primary station fitted change +0.12 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F (3°C) | 11°F (-11°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 0.8" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 41°F (5°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.7" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.9" | 28.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (16°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 0.6" | 21.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 70°F (21°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 0.9" | 9.0 | 0.2 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.4" | 0.9 | 3.7 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 1.3" | 0.0 | 9.8 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 1.3" | 0.1 | 5.7 |
| September | 76°F (24°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 1.1" | 2.1 | 0.9 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.4" | 18.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 49°F (10°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.0" | 28.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.0" | 30.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 16, short of 90°F on every date, while 208 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 11°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 4, then returns to freezing around October 10, covering 208 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 July 26, when 20% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 16 at 10%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 56 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 40°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Northdale.
Where Northdale Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 208 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 11 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Northdale earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
5.5 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
2.4 days with precipitation
5.8 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
5.5 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
3.8 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
Northdale spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Northdale has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 1.4" and June 0.4". The three wettest months together take 35% 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.
How Northdale's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 56 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 11.3" between them, or roughly 0.20 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 25
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 3
50% probability date
Growing Season
114 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,326
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
258
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CO closest to Northdale 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 (46°F here).
- Big Horn, WY 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Britt, IA 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Caledonia, MN 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Charlevoix, MI 46°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Murphy, ID 11.3" · 0.0" off
- Bowie, AZ 11.3" · 0.0" off
- Lordsburg, NM 11.3" · 0.0" off
- Northway, AK 11.3" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Northdale's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Northdale's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,326 annual heating degree days against 258 for cooling. Its 44.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 114 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.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Northdale's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 44.9°F. The annual average is 46°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Northdale's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 11.3 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Northdale wettest normal
October
October concentrates the scarce annual total (11.3 inches).
Northdale driest normal
June
June is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Northdale's primary station: NORTHDALE (USC00055970). 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 Northdale; 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 Northdale 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.