Yampa, 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 Yampa's primary NOAA station, YAMPA.
The climate verdict for Yampa
Dryness leads the climate profile for Yampa, Colorado, with 16.9 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 40°F. At 34/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 2% of scores.
- 40°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 34/100
- comfort score, above 2% of station-mapped location scores
- 16.9"
- annual precipitation · 131" snow
- 89 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Yampa: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00059265 · Yampa, CO 40°F mean · 16.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 40°F
- RANK-COOL #412
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Palmer Job Corps
- PRCP-DRY 16.9"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-LOW 34/100
- LOAD-HEAT 9,044 HDD
- STN-1 USC00059265
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Palmer Job Corps, AK (+ 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.
- Yampa (this station) 40°F
- Hot Deer Lodge, MT 40°F
- Near Palmer Job Corps, AK 40°F
- Near Libby, MT 40°F
- Near Moon Lake, UT 40°F
Climate Living Index · Yampa
Yampa: 9/100 · grade F
Yampa publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Yampa, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 34/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 16.9 in · 18.1 from 35 in | 36/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 40.2°F · 27.3° from 67.5°F | 5/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 226 calendar days | 3/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 89 days/year | 0/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 131.2 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
Yampa · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Yampa is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 19.4°F and warmest-month mean 63.0°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 63.0°F
- Coldest month
- 19.4°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 Yampa sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Yampa's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 94%
- Among 6,861 stations, Yampa sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 78%
- Yampa's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 51st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Yampa compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Yampa's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
34 2nd percentile score exceeds 2% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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
Yampa's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 47 complete annual observations from 1965 to 2023, YAMPA warmed at a fitted rate of 0.22°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Yampa primary station fitted change +0.22 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F (0°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 1.4" | 26.1" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 35°F (1°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 1.3" | 21.3" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 43°F (6°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 1.3" | 16.8" | 30.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 52°F (11°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 1.8" | 15.5" | 26.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 62°F (17°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 1.6" | 4.7" | 14.6 | 0.0 |
| June | 74°F (23°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.1" | 0.5" | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| August | 78°F (25°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| September | 70°F (21°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.5" | 0.6" | 6.9 | 0.0 |
| October | 57°F (14°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 1.3" | 6.9" | 22.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 42°F (6°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 1.2" | 17.4" | 28.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 32°F (0°C) | 8°F (-13°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 1.3" | 21.4" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 80°F around July 17, short of 90°F on every date, while 226 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 7°F near January 27.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 13, then returns to freezing around October 1, covering 226 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 January 9, when 38% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 20 at 24%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 119 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 22 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 34°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Yampa.
Where Yampa Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 226 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 34°F between the normal high and low.
Yampa 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: 26.1"
11.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 21.3"
11.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 16.8"
9.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 15.5"
10.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.7"
10.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
6.9 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
9.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.9"
8.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 17.4"
9.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 21.4"
10.9 days with precipitation
Yampa spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Yampa has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43.6°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: April averages 1.8" and June 1.1". The three wettest months together take 30% 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.
Yampa is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 119 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 33% of the calendar, and they carry 16.9" between them. At roughly 0.14 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 January at about 12 wet days; the driest is June at about 7.
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.
Winter brings real snow to Yampa
Yampa averages 131.2 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 64 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 131.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 64 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 77% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 11
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 14
50% probability date
Growing Season
89 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
9,044
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
40
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CO closest to Yampa 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 (40°F here).
- Crosby, ND 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Ironwood, MI 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Libby, MT 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Scobey, MT 40°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (16.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Big Timber, MT 16.9" · 0.0" off
- Joseph, OR 16.9" · 0.0" off
- San Jon, NM 17.0" · 0.0" off
- Trenton, UT 16.9" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Yampa
heating led · dry · mid swing
Yampa's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 9,044 annual heating degree days against 40 for cooling. Its 43.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 89 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Yampa coldest normal
January
Averaging 19°F (-7°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Yampa typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Yampa snow peak
January
Yampa averages 131.2 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Yampa's primary station: YAMPA (USC00059265). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 0886475). Match rule for Yampa: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Yampa 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.