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United States › Colorado › Park County › Climate Station ANTERO RSVR, CO US Distance 12.7 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Park County home comfortable runs roughly $645 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Park County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

75.6°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of -4.3°F.

Park County gets 10.56" of precipitation a year and 49.2" of snow, and 49% 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 31.6° -4.3° 0.28" 5.4"
February 33.5° -0.9° 0.36" 6.2"
March 41.9° 10.2° 0.54" 8.3"
April 48.8° 18.9° 0.67" 9.3"
May 58.8° 27.4° 1.24" 4.0"
June 70.3° 34.4° 0.90" 0.0"
July 75.6° 40.5° 1.96" 0.0"
August 72.7° 39.3° 2.18" 0.0"
September 66.7° 30.4° 1.03" 0.4"
October 55.2° 19.0° 0.70" 4.2"
November 42.3° 8.7° 0.33" 4.9"
December 31.6° -2.4° 0.37" 6.5"

Rainfall by month

Park County has a distinct wet season. 49% of the year's precipitation arrives in Jul, Aug, Sep.

January 0.28"
February 0.36"
March 0.54"
April 0.67"
May 1.24"
June 0.90"
July 1.96"
August 2.18"
September 1.03"
October 0.70"
November 0.33"
December 0.37"
Annual total 10.56"

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 0
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 10,756
Approximate annual cooling cost At 17.13¢/kWh, Colorado average $0
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $645

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 Park County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Park County?

Park County averages a high of 75.6°F in July and a low of -4.3°F in January. Annual precipitation is 10.56 inches, including 49.2 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Park County?

The wettest stretch is Jul, Aug, Sep, which accounts for 49% 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 Park County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 75.6°F. That drives 0 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Park County?

Yes. Park County averages 49.2 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station ANTERO RSVR, CO US (USC00050263), 12.7 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.