Shoshone, 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 Shoshone's primary NOAA station, SHOSHONE.
The climate verdict for Shoshone
Shoshone, Colorado has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 50°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 50°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 20.0"
- yearly precipitation total
- 166 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Shoshone: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00057618 · Shoshone, CO 50°F mean · 20.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-COOL #2,607
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ S Bend
- PRCP-DRY 20.0"
- SWING-WIDE 49°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,260 HDD
- STN-1 USC00057618
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: S Bend, IN (+ 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.
- Shoshone (this station) 50°F
- Cold Rochester Gtr, NY 50°F
- Hot Maynard, MA 50°F
- Near S Bend, IN 50°F
- Near Woodburn, IN 50°F
Climate Living Index · Shoshone
Shoshone: 42/100 · grade D
Shoshone publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Shoshone, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 20.0 in · 15.0 from 35 in | 47/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 153 calendar days | 44/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.7°F · 17.8° from 67.5°F | 39/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 166 days/year | 38/100 · F |
Shoshone · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Shoshone is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 25.2°F and warmest-month mean 74.3°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 74.3°F
- Coldest month
- 25.2°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 Shoshone sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Shoshone's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 38th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 72%
- Shoshone's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 78%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Shoshone is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Shoshone compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Shoshone's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F (2°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.7" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 20°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 1.6" | 25.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (12°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.3" | 21.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (16°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 2.3" | 7.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 71°F (22°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 2.1" | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 1.0" | 0.0 | 6.7 |
| July | 89°F (32°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 1.0" | 0.0 | 20.0 |
| August | 87°F (30°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 1.5" | 0.0 | 13.7 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 2.2" | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.1" | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 49°F (9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 1.7" | 21.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 1.5" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 90°F around July 15, short of 90°F on every date, while 153 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 13°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 3, then returns to freezing around November 3, covering 153 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 20, when 37% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 25 at 20%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 107 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 18 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 33°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Shoshone.
Where Shoshone Stands Nationally
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 33°F between the normal high and low.
Shoshone 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
10.7 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
Shoshone spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 18% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Shoshone has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 49.1°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: April averages 2.3" and June 1.0". The three wettest months together take 33% 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.
Shoshone is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 106 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 29% of the calendar, and they carry 20.0" between them. At roughly 0.19 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 11 wet days; the driest is June at about 6.
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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 14
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
166 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,260
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
721
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CO closest to Shoshone 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 (50°F here).
- Ashland, OH 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Baring, WA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Benton Harbor, MI 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Big Springs, NE 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (20.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Cavalier, ND 20.0" · 0.0" off
- McCook, NE 20.1" · 0.0" off
- Clovis, NM 20.1" · 0.0" off
- McLaughlin, SD 20.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Shoshone's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Shoshone's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,260 annual heating degree days against 721 for cooling. Its 49.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Shoshone's frost-free season lasts about 166 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Shoshone's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 49.1°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Shoshone's 20.0 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Shoshone's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Shoshone, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Shoshone's primary station: SHOSHONE (USC00057618). 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 Shoshone; 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 Shoshone 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.