Uravan, CO Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Uravan's primary NOAA station, URAVAN.
The climate verdict for Uravan
Dryness leads the climate profile for Uravan, Colorado, with 11.9 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 54°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.
- 54°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 11.9"
- annual precipitation · 11" snow
- 175 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Uravan: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00058560 · Uravan, CO 54°F mean · 11.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,979
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Palisade
- PRCP-ARID 11.9"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,053 HDD
- STN-1 USC00058560
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Palisade, CO (+ 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 Warrenton, MO 55°F
- Near Newton, IL 55°F
- Uravan (this station) 54°F
- Cold Shakamak State…, IN 54°F
- Near Palisade, CO 54°F
Climate Living Index · Uravan
Uravan: 33/100 · grade F
Uravan publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Uravan, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 11.1 inches/year | 62/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.4°F · 13.1° from 67.5°F | 57/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 175 days/year | 46/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 11.9 in · 23.1 from 35 in | 18/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 230 calendar days | 1/100 · F |
Uravan · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Uravan'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
- 79.2°F
- Coldest month
- 30.8°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 Uravan sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Uravan's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 58th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 90%
- Uravan's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 75%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Uravan is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Uravan compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Uravan'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 | 45°F (7°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 0.8" | 2.4" | 30.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 51°F (11°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.9" | 2.3" | 25.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 61°F (16°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.1" | 0.7" | 21.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 8.7 | 0.1 |
| May | 79°F (26°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| June | 91°F (33°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 18.1 |
| July | 97°F (36°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 27.2 |
| August | 94°F (34°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 1.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 22.8 |
| September | 85°F (30°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 1.5" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 9.6 |
| October | 72°F (22°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.2" | 0.3" | 7.2 | 0.3 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 0.9" | 1.0" | 24.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 45°F (7°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 1.0" | 4.4" | 30.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Uravan works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 98°F by July 14 and hold at or above 90°F on 82 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 148 dates, bottoming at 16°F around January 2.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 12 through September 1, covering 82 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 24 to October 20.
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 27, then returns to freezing around November 1, covering 148 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 1, when 27% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 15 at 14%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 81 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 20 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 38°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Uravan.
Where Uravan Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 38°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 82 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Uravan earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 2.4"
6.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.3"
7.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
6.8 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
3.6 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
6.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.0"
5.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.4"
7.2 days with precipitation
Uravan spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 23% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Uravan has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 48.4°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 1.5" and June 0.5". The three wettest months together take 34% 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.
Uravan is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 81 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 22% of the calendar, and they carry 11.9" between them. At roughly 0.15 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 8 wet days; the driest is June 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.
Snow reaches Uravan, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 11.1 inches of snow a year here, most likely in December. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 9 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 18
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 26
50% probability date
Growing Season
175 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,053
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,223
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CO closest to Uravan 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 (54°F here).
- Arlington, OR 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Bent Creek, NC 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Bloomfield, NM 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Charleston, WV 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Rudyard, MT 11.9" · 0.0" off
- Choteau, MT 11.9" · 0.0" off
- Jackson, MT 11.9" · 0.0" off
- Kaycee, WY 11.9" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Uravan's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Uravan's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,053 annual heating degree days against 1,223 for cooling. Its 48.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Uravan's frost-free season lasts about 175 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 Uravan's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 48.4°F. The annual average is 54°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Uravan's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 11.9 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Annual snowfall totals 11.1 inches. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Uravan wettest normal
September
September concentrates the scarce annual total (11.9 inches).
Uravan driest normal
June
June is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
Questions about Uravan's climate
How dry is Uravan? ▼
How many days above 90°F does Uravan get? ▼
How much energy does heating and cooling require in Uravan? ▼
Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Uravan's primary station: URAVAN (USC00058560). 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 Uravan; 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 Uravan 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.