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United States › Colorado › Las Animas County › Climate Station TRINIDAD PERRY STOKES AP, CO US Distance 16.6 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Las Animas County home comfortable runs roughly $467 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Las Animas County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

90.1°

average daily high. The coldest month is December, averaging a low of 18.4°F.

Las Animas County gets 12.65" of precipitation a year, and 41% of it falls in Jun, Jul, Aug.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

20° 40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low Precip
January 48.2° 18.7° 0.38"
February 51.3° 21.0° 0.38"
March 59.8° 27.9° 0.81"
April 65.8° 34.8° 1.28"
May 75.5° 44.1° 1.48"
June 86.1° 54.1° 1.19"
July 90.1° 59.5° 2.13"
August 87.5° 58.0° 1.92"
September 81.1° 50.5° 1.10"
October 69.1° 37.2° 0.96"
November 56.7° 26.2° 0.59"
December 47.2° 18.4° 0.43"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 41% falling in the wettest three months (Jun, Jul, Aug).

January 0.38"
February 0.38"
March 0.81"
April 1.28"
May 1.48"
June 1.19"
July 2.13"
August 1.92"
September 1.10"
October 0.96"
November 0.59"
December 0.43"
Annual total 12.65"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 877
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 5,271
Approximate annual cooling cost At 17.17¢/kWh, Colorado average $151
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $317

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Las Animas County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Las Animas County?

Las Animas County averages a high of 90.1°F in July and a low of 18.4°F in December. Annual precipitation is 12.65 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Las Animas County?

The wettest stretch is Jun, Jul, Aug, which accounts for 41% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Las Animas County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 90.1°F. That drives 877 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Las Animas County?

The weather station used for Las Animas County, TRINIDAD PERRY STOKES AP, CO US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 12.65 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station TRINIDAD PERRY STOKES AP, CO US (USW00023070), 16.6 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Colorado residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.