Weather Office Pueblo, Colorado climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Weather Office Pueblo's normal year runs from 15°F December nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 13.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.7°C, December lows of −10°C, July highs of 34°C, 351 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWeather Office Pueblo
- Station IDUSC00058992
- Location38.28°N 104.52°W
- Elevation4,653 ft (1,418 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Weather Office Pueblo is 66°F and the normal low 33°F.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Weather Office Pueblo.
- Jan 48° 16°
- Feb 51° 18°
- Mar 60° 27°
- Apr 68° 36°
- May 77° 46°
- Jun 88° 55°
- Jul 93° 61°
- Aug 90° 60°
- Sep 83° 50°
- Oct 70° 36°
- Nov 57° 23°
- Dec 47° 15°
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 Weather Office Pueblo each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 15°F. The most precipitation falls in July (2.51 in), the least in December (0.31 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F | 16°F | 31.8°F | 0.37 | – | <1 | 30 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 51°F | 18°F | 34.5°F | 0.36 | – | <1 | 26 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 60°F | 27°F | 43.6°F | 0.96 | – | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 36°F | 51.6°F | 1.57 | – | <1 | 9 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 77°F | 46°F | 61.3°F | 1.68 | – | 3 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 88°F | 55°F | 71.6°F | 1.53 | – | 17 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 93°F | 61°F | 77.1°F | 2.51 | – | 23 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 90°F | 60°F | 74.9°F | 2.39 | – | 19 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 83°F | 50°F | 66.4°F | 0.95 | – | 11 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 36°F | 53.0°F | 0.76 | – | 1 | 9 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 23°F | 40.1°F | 0.43 | – | <1 | 25 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 47°F | 15°F | 30.8°F | 0.31 | – | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 37°F | 53.0°F | 13.82 | – | 74 | 152 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −9°C | −0.1°C | 9 mm |
| February | 11°C | −8°C | 1.4°C | 9 mm |
| March | 16°C | −3°C | 6.4°C | 24 mm |
| April | 20°C | 2°C | 10.9°C | 40 mm |
| May | 25°C | 8°C | 16.3°C | 43 mm |
| June | 31°C | 13°C | 22.0°C | 39 mm |
| July | 34°C | 16°C | 25.1°C | 64 mm |
| August | 32°C | 15°C | 23.8°C | 61 mm |
| September | 28°C | 10°C | 19.1°C | 24 mm |
| October | 21°C | 2°C | 11.7°C | 19 mm |
| November | 14°C | −5°C | 4.5°C | 11 mm |
| December | 8°C | −10°C | −0.7°C | 8 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Pueblo (1 miles away), gets 28 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00058992; 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 Weather Office Pueblo?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October.
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 USC00058992.
When is the last frost at Weather Office Pueblo?
In Weather Office Pueblo, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 30 in half of years and after May 12 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 9 in half of years and before September 28 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 301 year in 10 after May 12; 9 in 10 after April 16
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 91 year in 10 before September 28; 9 in 10 before October 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 162 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 181 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 18 in half of springs and before October 18 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Weather Office Pueblo in zone 6a in ZIP code 81001, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Colorado · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00058992; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Weather Office Pueblo?
In a normal year in Weather Office Pueblo, 74 days a year reach 90°F (10 of them 100°F or more) and 152 nights fall to 32°F or colder.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 74a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 10a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 152a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 13high of 32°F or less
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00058992.
How sunny is it at Weather Office Pueblo?
Over a year 82% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Weather Office Pueblo, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. September is the sunniest month (87%) and February the cloudiest (78%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 81% | 2.8 |
| February | 78% | 3.6 |
| March | 81% | 5.0 |
| April | 80% | 6.1 |
| May | 79% | 6.8 |
| June | 84% | 7.4 |
| July | 84% | 7.0 |
| August | 85% | 6.4 |
| September | 87% | 5.5 |
| October | 84% | 4.2 |
| November | 84% | 3.1 |
| December | 80% | 2.4 |
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 Weather Office Pueblo record?
A normal year at Weather Office Pueblo brings 5,386 heating degree days, 0% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,060 cooling degree days, 17% 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 3,466 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,029 | 0 |
| February | 854 | 0 |
| March | 664 | 0 |
| April | 405 | 2 |
| May | 166 | 50 |
| June | 10 | 208 |
| July | 0 | 375 |
| August | 1 | 308 |
| September | 68 | 110 |
| October | 381 | 9 |
| November | 747 | 0 |
| December | 1,061 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,386 | 1,060 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00058992. 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.
Have recent years at Weather Office Pueblo been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 54.9°F, 1.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.0°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54.2°F | +1.2°F | 14.32 |
| 2022 | 52.8°F | −0.2°F | 8.54 |
| 2023 | 53.5°F | +0.5°F | 12.80 |
| 2024 | 55.5°F | +2.5°F | 14.03 |
| 2025 | 54.9°F | +1.9°F | 11.00 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00058992. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Weather Office Pueblo's climate compare?
Weather Office Pueblo is warmer than 115 of the 125 places with their own NOAA record in Colorado, and wetter than 40. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.0°F is warmer than 54%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Weather Office Pueblo 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 Weather Office Pueblo share this climate record?
3 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.
- Pueblo West, CO34,992 people · 14 mi W
- Salt Creek, CO852 people · 4 mi SW
- Blende, CO646 people · 3 mi SW
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 Weather Office Pueblo's climate
What is the coldest month at Weather Office Pueblo?
December, with a normal high of 47°F and a normal low of 15°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow at Weather Office Pueblo?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Pueblo (1 miles away), records 28 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Weather Office Pueblo?
July, with 2.51 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is December with 0.31 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Weather Office Pueblo in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Weather Office Pueblo in zone 6a in ZIP code 81001, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come at Weather Office Pueblo?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 30; in one year in ten it comes after May 12. Waiting until May 12 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Colorado climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Pueblo, CO1 miles from this station, 53.2°F a year
- Tacony (13 mi SE), CO25 miles from this station, 52.5°F a year
- Ellicott, CO32 miles from this station, 50.7°F a year
- Rye, CO34 miles from this station, 50.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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