Uravan, Colorado climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Uravan's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 97°F July afternoons, with 11.9 inches of precipitation and 11 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.4°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 36°C, 303 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationUravan
- Station IDUSC00058560
- Location38.38°N 108.74°W
- Elevation5,021 ft (1,530 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Uravan is 69°F and the normal low 35°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Uravan.
- Jan 45° 17°
- Feb 51° 23°
- Mar 61° 30°
- Apr 68° 36°
- May 79° 45°
- Jun 91° 54°
- Jul 97° 62°
- Aug 94° 60°
- Sep 85° 50°
- Oct 72° 37°
- Nov 57° 28°
- Dec 45° 19°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Uravan each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in September (1.51 in), the least in June (0.50 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F | 17°F | 30.8°F | 0.85 | 2.4 | 6 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 51°F | 23°F | 37.2°F | 0.92 | 2.3 | 7 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 61°F | 30°F | 45.8°F | 1.05 | 0.7 | 7 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 36°F | 52.2°F | 0.88 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 9 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 79°F | 45°F | 62.1°F | 0.88 | 0.0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 91°F | 54°F | 72.5°F | 0.50 | 0.0 | 4 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 97°F | 62°F | 79.2°F | 1.00 | 0.0 | 7 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 94°F | 60°F | 76.5°F | 1.25 | 0.0 | 8 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 85°F | 50°F | 67.7°F | 1.51 | 0.0 | 8 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 72°F | 37°F | 54.7°F | 1.24 | 0.3 | 7 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 28°F | 42.5°F | 0.86 | 1.0 | 6 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 45°F | 19°F | 31.7°F | 0.97 | 4.4 | 7 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 38°F | 54.4°F | 11.91 | 11.1 | 81 | 81 | 149 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −8°C | −0.7°C | 22 mm | 6 cm |
| February | 11°C | −5°C | 2.9°C | 23 mm | 6 cm |
| March | 16°C | −1°C | 7.7°C | 27 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 20°C | 2°C | 11.2°C | 22 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 26°C | 7°C | 16.7°C | 22 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 33°C | 12°C | 22.5°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 36°C | 16°C | 26.2°C | 25 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 15°C | 24.7°C | 32 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 10°C | 19.8°C | 38 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 3°C | 12.6°C | 31 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 14°C | −2°C | 5.8°C | 22 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 7°C | −7°C | −0.2°C | 25 mm | 11 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00058560; 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.
Which months are mildest at Uravan?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, May has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00058560.
When is the last frost at Uravan?
In Uravan, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 26 in half of years and after May 8 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 18 in half of years and before October 6 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
- April 261 year in 10 after May 8; 9 in 10 after April 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 181 year in 10 before October 6; 9 in 10 before October 31
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 174 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 198 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 12 in half of springs and before October 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Uravan in zone 6b in ZIP code 81422, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (22 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 USC00058560; 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 at Uravan?
In a normal year in Uravan, 81 days a year reach 90°F (17 of them 100°F or more), 149 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 81 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 81a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 17a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 149a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 81a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1960) is 110°F, on July 15, 1985; the lowest is −23°F, on January 13, 1963.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1997, with 17.85 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 46.4 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00058560; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00058560. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Uravan?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Uravan, 5.1 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (88%) and December the cloudiest (75%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78% | 2.7 |
| February | 76% | 3.6 |
| March | 78% | 4.9 |
| April | 79% | 6.1 |
| May | 81% | 7.1 |
| June | 88% | 8.0 |
| July | 82% | 7.1 |
| August | 81% | 6.3 |
| September | 85% | 5.5 |
| October | 83% | 4.2 |
| November | 81% | 3.0 |
| December | 75% | 2.3 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Uravan record?
A normal year at Uravan brings 5,053 heating degree days, 6% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,223 cooling degree days, 35% more than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,674 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,060 | 0 |
| February | 778 | 0 |
| March | 595 | 0 |
| April | 387 | 2 |
| May | 141 | 51 |
| June | 14 | 241 |
| July | 0 | 442 |
| August | 1 | 358 |
| September | 45 | 126 |
| October | 324 | 4 |
| November | 675 | 0 |
| December | 1,032 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,053 | 1,223 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00058560. 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.
How does Uravan's climate compare?
Uravan is warmer than 122 of the 125 places with their own NOAA record in Colorado, and wetter than 22. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 54.4°F is warmer than 58%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Uravan is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. 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.
Which places near Uravan share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Nucla, CO590 people · 13 mi SE
- Naturita, CO481 people · 14 mi SE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Uravan's climate
What is the coldest month at Uravan?
January, with a normal high of 45°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (97°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow at Uravan?
Yes: 11 inches in a normal year, falling on 9 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (4.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Uravan?
September, with 1.51 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.50 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Uravan in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Uravan in zone 6b in ZIP code 81422, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come at Uravan?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 26; in one year in ten it comes after May 8. Waiting until May 8 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Colorado climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Paradox (2 mi N), CO11 miles from this station, 50.6°F a year
- Gateway (1 mi ENE), CO25 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
- La Sal, UT29 miles from this station, 48.1°F a year
- Norwood, CO30 miles from this station, 46.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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