Ruxton Park, 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 Ruxton Park's primary NOAA station, RUXTON PARK.
The climate verdict for Ruxton Park
Ruxton Park, Colorado has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 42°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 42°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 23.9"
- annual precipitation · 134" snow
- 106 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Ruxton Park: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00057309 · Ruxton Park, CO 42°F mean · 23.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 42°F
- RANK-COOL #549
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wolf Canyon
- PRCP-DRY 23.9"
- SWING-MID 35°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,583 HDD
- STN-1 USC00057309
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Wolf Canyon, NM (+ 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.
- Ruxton Park (this station) 42°F
- Hot Cripple Creek, CO 42°F
- Near Wolf Canyon, NM 42°F
- Cold Sagehen Creek, CA 41°F
- Near Angel Fire, NM 41°F
Climate Living Index · Ruxton Park
Ruxton Park: 15/100 · grade F
Ruxton Park publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Ruxton Park, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 23.9 in · 11.1 from 35 in | 61/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 41.5°F · 26.0° from 67.5°F | 8/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 217 calendar days | 6/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 106 days/year | 1/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 133.5 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
Ruxton Park · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Ruxton Park is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 25.7°F and warmest-month mean 60.3°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
- 60.3°F
- Coldest month
- 25.7°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 Ruxton Park sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Ruxton Park'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, Ruxton Park sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 33rd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 83%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Ruxton Park is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Ruxton Park compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Ruxton Park's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Ruxton Park's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 45 complete annual observations from 1960 to 2025, RUXTON PARK warmed at a fitted rate of 0.15°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Ruxton Park primary station fitted change +0.15 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F (4°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 0.7" | 12.5" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 39°F (4°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 1.0" | 13.6" | 27.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 45°F (7°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 1.9" | 26.2" | 30.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 51°F (10°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 3.1" | 32.3" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 59°F (15°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 2.5" | 9.6" | 19.9 | 0.0 |
| June | 71°F (21°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 2.1" | 0.4" | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| July | 74°F (23°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 1.4 | 0.0 |
| August | 72°F (22°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 66°F (19°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 1.9" | 1.8" | 10.9 | 0.0 |
| October | 56°F (13°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.2" | 10.4" | 25.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 46°F (8°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 0.8" | 12.6" | 28.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 39°F (4°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 0.8" | 14.1" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 74°F around July 6, short of 90°F on every date, while 217 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 12°F near January 28.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 13, then returns to freezing around October 10, covering 217 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 August 2, when 58% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 6 at 15%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 105 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 16 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Ruxton Park.
Where Ruxton Park Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 217 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Ruxton Park 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: 12.5"
4.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 13.6"
5.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 26.2"
6.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 32.3"
8.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.6"
10.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
10.6 days with precipitation
16.2 days with precipitation
16.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.8"
8.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.4"
5.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 12.6"
5.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 14.1"
5.2 days with precipitation
Ruxton Park runs a summer-peaked wet season
42% of Ruxton Park'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 3.9", on a 34.6°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: January at 0.7".
- Winter share: 10% 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.
How Ruxton Park's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 104 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 23.9" between them, or roughly 0.23 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.
Winter brings real snow to Ruxton Park
Ruxton Park averages 133.5 inches of snowfall a year, with April the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 42 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: 133.5 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 42 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 56% 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 17
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 3
50% probability date
Growing Season
106 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,583
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
18
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CO closest to Ruxton Park 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).
- Forman, ND 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Gloversville, NY 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Hebron, ND 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Ladysmith, WI 42°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (23.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Oxford, NE 24.0" · 0.0" off
- Wakeeney, KS 23.9" · 0.0" off
- Bronte, TX 23.9" · 0.0" off
- Andover, SD 24.0" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Ruxton Park
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Ruxton Park's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,583 annual heating degree days against 18 for cooling. Its 34.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 106 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. Ruxton Park coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 26°F (-4°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Ruxton Park typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Ruxton Park snow peak
April
Ruxton Park averages 133.5 inches of snow a year, with April 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 Ruxton Park's primary station: RUXTON PARK (USC00057309). 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 Ruxton Park; 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 Ruxton Park 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.