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United States › Colorado › Mineral County › Climate Station HERMIT 8 SE, CO US Distance 14.7 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Mineral County home comfortable runs roughly $590 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Mineral County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

79.0°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of -1.5°F.

Mineral County gets 12.88" of precipitation a year and 55" of snow, and 46% of it falls in Jul, Aug, Sep.

Temperature through the year

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

0° 20° 40° 60° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 34.3° -1.5° 0.56" 9.0"
February 37.6° 1.3° 0.80" 10.1"
March 44.6° 11.3° 0.94" 9.6"
April 52.7° 20.4° 0.71" 5.7"
May 62.3° 27.8° 0.77" 1.3"
June 73.9° 33.8° 0.65" 0.0"
July 79.0° 41.1° 1.89" 0.0"
August 75.7° 40.0° 2.39" 0.0"
September 69.9° 32.5° 1.68" 0.2"
October 59.3° 23.0° 1.00" 3.8"
November 46.6° 11.1° 0.97" 8.1"
December 35.0° -0.1° 0.52" 7.2"

Rainfall by month

Mineral County has a distinct wet season. 46% of the year's precipitation arrives in Jul, Aug, Sep.

January 0.56"
February 0.80"
March 0.94"
April 0.71"
May 0.77"
June 0.65"
July 1.89"
August 2.39"
September 1.68"
October 1.00"
November 0.97"
December 0.52"
Annual total 12.88"

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 6
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 9,830
Approximate annual cooling cost At 17.13¢/kWh, Colorado average $1
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $589

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 Mineral County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Mineral County?

Mineral County averages a high of 79.0°F in July and a low of -1.5°F in January. Annual precipitation is 12.88 inches, including 55 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Mineral County?

The wettest stretch is Jul, Aug, Sep, which accounts for 46% of the year's precipitation. That is a pronounced wet season rather than rain spread evenly through the year.

How hot does it get in Mineral County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 79.0°F. That drives 6 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Mineral County?

Yes. Mineral County averages 55 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station HERMIT 8 SE, CO US (USC00053951), 14.7 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.