Pueblo Rsvr, CO Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Pueblo Rsvr's primary NOAA station, PUEBLO RSVR.
The climate verdict for Pueblo Rsvr
Dryness leads the climate profile for Pueblo Rsvr, Colorado, with 12.6 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 53°F. At 54/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 53°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 12.6"
- annual precipitation · 15" snow
- 170 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Pueblo Rsvr: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00056765 · Pueblo Rsvr, CO 53°F mean · 12.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 53°F
- RANK-MID #3,774
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fulton
- PRCP-DRY 12.6"
- SWING-MID 45°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,292 HDD
- STN-1 USC00056765
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Fulton, MO (+ 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.
- Hot Brookville, IN 54°F
- Pueblo Rsvr (this station) 53°F
- Cold Bloomington Ind…, IN 53°F
- Near Fulton, MO 53°F
- Near Mattoon Coles C…, IL 53°F
Climate Living Index · Pueblo Rsvr
Pueblo Rsvr: 34/100 · grade F
Pueblo Rsvr publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Pueblo Rsvr, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 14.8 inches/year | 56/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 53.4°F · 14.1° from 67.5°F | 54/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 170 days/year | 42/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 12.6 in · 22.4 from 35 in | 20/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 203 calendar days | 12/100 · F |
Pueblo Rsvr · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Pueblo Rsvr'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
- 77.2°F
- Coldest month
- 32.4°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 Pueblo Rsvr sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Pueblo Rsvr's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 55th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 88%
- Pueblo Rsvr'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 Pueblo Rsvr compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Pueblo Rsvr's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
54 31st percentile score exceeds 31% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47°F (8°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 0.3" | 2.4" | 29.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 49°F (10°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 0.3" | 2.5" | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 59°F (15°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 0.9" | 1.9" | 22.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 66°F (19°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 1.7" | 0.6" | 11.1 | 0.1 |
| May | 76°F (24°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.7" | 0.0" | 1.2 | 3.6 |
| June | 87°F (31°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 15.1 |
| July | 92°F (34°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 23.1 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 19.0 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.5 | 9.3 |
| October | 69°F (21°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 0.8" | 1.4" | 9.9 | 0.6 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 0.5" | 3.0" | 23.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 0.3" | 3.0" | 29.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Pueblo Rsvr works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 93°F by July 12 and hold at or above 90°F on 51 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 152 dates, bottoming at 17°F around December 26.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 24 through August 13, covering 51 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 2 to October 13.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 31, then returns to freezing around November 1, covering 152 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 29, when 33% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 1 at 13%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 80 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 27 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 32°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Pueblo Rsvr.
Where Pueblo Rsvr Stands Nationally
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 13 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Pueblo Rsvr earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 2.4"
4.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.5"
5.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.9"
6.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
8.5 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.4"
5.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.0"
4.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.0"
4.0 days with precipitation
Pueblo Rsvr runs a summer-peaked wet season
41% of Pueblo Rsvr'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 2.1", on a 44.8°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, April, taking 46% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: December at 0.3".
- Winter share: 7% 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.
Pueblo Rsvr is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 80 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 22% of the calendar, and they carry 12.6" between them. At roughly 0.16 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 10 wet days; the driest is December 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 Pueblo Rsvr
Pueblo Rsvr averages 14.8 inches of snowfall a year, with November the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 8 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: 14.8 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 8 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 12% 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
October 13
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 26
50% probability date
Growing Season
170 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,292
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,091
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CO closest to Pueblo Rsvr 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 (53°F here).
- Carlinville, IL 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Clayton, NM 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Doylestown, PA 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Fulton, MO 53°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Valier, MT 12.6" · 0.0" off
- Harrington, WA 12.6" · 0.0" off
- Conrad, MT 12.6" · 0.0" off
- Palmer, AK 12.6" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Pueblo Rsvr
heating led · dry · mid swing
Pueblo Rsvr's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,292 annual heating degree days against 1,091 for cooling. Its 44.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Pueblo Rsvr's frost-free season lasts about 170 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Pueblo Rsvr coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 32°F (0°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Pueblo Rsvr typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Pueblo Rsvr snow peak
November
Pueblo Rsvr averages 14.8 inches of snow a year, with November 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 Pueblo Rsvr's primary station: PUEBLO RSVR (USC00056765). 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 Pueblo Rsvr; 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 Pueblo Rsvr 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.