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United States › Colorado › Teller County › Climate Station CRIPPLE CREEK 3NNW, CO US Distance 5.2 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Teller County home comfortable runs roughly $518 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Teller County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

75.7°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 14.4°F.

Teller County gets 17.98" of precipitation a year, and 47% 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° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low Precip
January 34.3° 14.4° 0.51"
February 36.1° 14.6° 0.55"
March 43.2° 21.0° 1.31"
April 48.9° 25.9° 1.67"
May 59.3° 34.1° 1.81"
June 71.2° 44.4° 1.77"
July 75.7° 48.9° 3.20"
August 72.3° 47.1° 3.43"
September 66.8° 41.1° 1.71"
October 54.9° 30.4° 0.89"
November 42.5° 22.8° 0.57"
December 34.3° 14.4° 0.56"

Rainfall by month

Teller County has a distinct wet season. 47% of the year's precipitation arrives in Jun, Jul, Aug.

January 0.51"
February 0.55"
March 1.31"
April 1.67"
May 1.81"
June 1.77"
July 3.20"
August 3.43"
September 1.71"
October 0.89"
November 0.57"
December 0.56"
Annual total 17.98"

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 28
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 8,533
Approximate annual cooling cost At 17.17¢/kWh, Colorado average $5
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $513

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 Teller County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Teller County?

Teller County averages a high of 75.7°F in July and a low of 14.4°F in January. Annual precipitation is 17.98 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Teller County?

The wettest stretch is Jun, Jul, Aug, which accounts for 47% 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 Teller County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 75.7°F. That drives 28 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Teller County?

The weather station used for Teller County, CRIPPLE CREEK 3NNW, 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 17.98 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 CRIPPLE CREEK 3NNW, CO US (USC00051977), 5.2 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.