Yampa, Colorado climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Yampa's normal year runs from 7°F January nights to 79°F July afternoons, with 16.9 inches of precipitation and 131 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 4.6°C, January lows of −14°C, July highs of 26°C, 430 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationYampa
- Station IDUSC00059265
- Location40.16°N 106.91°W
- Elevation7,857 ft (2,395 m)
- Population390
On October 23, the normal high in Yampa is 54°F and the normal low 25°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 26%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Yampa.
- Jan 32° 7°
- Feb 35° 9°
- Mar 43° 17°
- Apr 52° 24°
- May 62° 33°
- Jun 74° 40°
- Jul 79° 47°
- Aug 78° 45°
- Sep 70° 37°
- Oct 57° 27°
- Nov 42° 17°
- Dec 32° 8°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Yampa each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 79°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 7°F. The most precipitation falls in April (1.82 in), the least in June (1.11 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F | 7°F | 19.4°F | 1.37 | 26.1 | 12 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 35°F | 9°F | 21.5°F | 1.29 | 21.3 | 11 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 43°F | 17°F | 30.0°F | 1.32 | 16.8 | 10 | <1 | 30 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 52°F | 24°F | 38.1°F | 1.82 | 15.5 | 11 | <1 | 27 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 62°F | 33°F | 47.4°F | 1.62 | 4.7 | 10 | <1 | 15 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 74°F | 40°F | 56.7°F | 1.11 | 0.5 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 15 h |
| July | 79°F | 47°F | 63.0°F | 1.62 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 78°F | 45°F | 61.3°F | 1.59 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 70°F | 37°F | 53.8°F | 1.48 | 0.6 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 57°F | 27°F | 41.9°F | 1.26 | 6.9 | 8 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 42°F | 17°F | 29.6°F | 1.19 | 17.4 | 9 | <1 | 29 | 10 h |
| December | 32°F | 8°F | 20.0°F | 1.27 | 21.4 | 11 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 55°F | 26°F | 40.2°F | 16.94 | 131.2 | 119 | <1 | 222 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −14°C | −7.0°C | 35 mm | 66 cm |
| February | 1°C | −13°C | −5.8°C | 33 mm | 54 cm |
| March | 6°C | −8°C | −1.1°C | 34 mm | 43 cm |
| April | 11°C | −4°C | 3.4°C | 46 mm | 39 cm |
| May | 17°C | 0°C | 8.6°C | 41 mm | 12 cm |
| June | 23°C | 4°C | 13.7°C | 28 mm | 1 cm |
| July | 26°C | 8°C | 17.2°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25°C | 7°C | 16.3°C | 40 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21°C | 3°C | 12.1°C | 38 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 14°C | −3°C | 5.5°C | 32 mm | 18 cm |
| November | 6°C | −8°C | −1.3°C | 30 mm | 44 cm |
| December | 0°C | −13°C | −6.7°C | 32 mm | 54 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00059265; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Yampa?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, June 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 USC00059265.
When is the last frost in Yampa?
In Yampa, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after June 14 in half of years and after June 28 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 11 in half of years and before August 29 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
- June 141 year in 10 after June 28; 9 in 10 after June 1
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 111 year in 10 before August 29; 9 in 10 before September 23
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 89 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 113 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 31 in half of springs and before September 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Yampa in zone 5a in ZIP code 80483, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Yampa's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −19°F (27 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Colorado · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00059265; 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 in Yampa?
In a normal year in Yampa, a 90°F day is rare, 222 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 119 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 222a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 60high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 119a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 46a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1941) is 96°F, on July 7, 1999; the lowest is −47°F, on January 27, 1948.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2014, with 22.95 in; the snowiest season is 1961–62, with 194.7 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00059265; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00059265. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Yampa?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Yampa, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (82%) and December the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.4 |
| February | 73% | 3.3 |
| March | 77% | 4.8 |
| April | 73% | 5.6 |
| May | 73% | 6.3 |
| June | 82% | 7.5 |
| July | 81% | 7.0 |
| August | 79% | 6.0 |
| September | 81% | 5.2 |
| October | 75% | 3.6 |
| November | 72% | 2.5 |
| December | 69% | 2.0 |
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 much heating and cooling does Yampa need?
A normal year in Yampa brings 9,044 heating degree days, 68% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 40 cooling degree days, 96% fewer than the median (908). Nine months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 1,206 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,414 | 0 |
| February | 1,218 | 0 |
| March | 1,084 | 0 |
| April | 807 | 0 |
| May | 547 | 0 |
| June | 254 | 4 |
| July | 87 | 24 |
| August | 128 | 12 |
| September | 338 | 0 |
| October | 715 | 0 |
| November | 1,061 | 0 |
| December | 1,393 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 9,044 | 40 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00059265. 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.
Has Yampa been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 39.4°F, 0.8°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 40.2°F. 1 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 41.8°F | +1.6°F | 12.53 | 86.6 |
| 2022 | 39.1°F | −1.1°F | 20.44 | 120.4 |
| 2023 | 39.4°F | −0.8°F | 15.49 | 125.5 |
Over 47 complete years from 1965 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.9°F per century (+0.22°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00059265; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Yampa's climate compare?
Yampa is warmer than 16 of the other 124 places with their own NOAA record in Colorado, and wetter than 80. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 40.2°F is warmer than 6%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Yampa is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm summer. 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 Yampa 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.
- Oak Creek, CO856 people · 9 mi N
- Phippsburg, CO399 people · 6 mi NW
- McCoy, CO0 people · 19 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 Yampa's climate
What is the coldest month in Yampa?
January, with a normal high of 32°F and a normal low of 7°F. The warmest is July (79°F by day, 47°F at night).
Does it snow in Yampa?
Yes: 131 inches in a normal year, falling on 64 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (26.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Yampa?
April, with 1.82 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 1.11 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Yampa in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Yampa in zone 5a in ZIP code 80483, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Yampa's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −19°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Yampa?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after June 14; in one year in ten it comes after June 28. Waiting until June 28 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Colorado climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Steamboat Springs, CO24 miles from this station, 40.8°F a year
- Hayden, CO29 miles from this station, 43.7°F a year
- Kremmling, CO29 miles from this station, 38.5°F a year
- Spicer, CO33 miles from this station, 37.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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