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Mancos, Colorado Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Mancos 1SW, 2.6 km from Mancos

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 85°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 12°F. A normal year brings 15.7 in of precipitation and 57.1 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Cortez/Montezuma Co (CEZ), since 1996. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Mancos through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-250255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
72°F
Normal low
39°F
Record high
86°Fin 2015
Record low
26°Fin 2006
Chance of a wet day
22%
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January40°F12°F62°F (2000)-19°F (2011)1.38 in7.614.7 in30.41,2030
February44°F17°F67°F (2017)-9°F (2007)1.27 in7.412.8 in27.49700
March53°F23°F85°F (2026)-1°F (2002)1.14 in6.56.6 in27.88430
April61°F28°F85°F (2012)6°F (2023)1.04 in5.63.5 in21.46210
May70°F35°F97°F (2002)18°F (2011)1.04 in6.00.9 in9.13921
June81°F43°F102°F (2010)27°F (1999)0.58 in3.60.0 in1.112226
July85°F51°F103°F (2021)33°F (1997)1.64 in9.60.0 in0.01398
August82°F49°F99°F (2026)37°F (2002)1.79 in10.50.0 in0.03359
September75°F42°F98°F (2022)23°F (1999)1.90 in7.50.0 in2.42055
October64°F31°F87°F (2015)2°F (2019)1.42 in6.30.6 in16.25440
November51°F22°F74°F (2001)-2°F (2010)1.22 in5.55.2 in27.68630
December41°F14°F65°F (2003)-12°F (2010)1.25 in7.012.8 in30.41,1700
Year62°F30°F15.67 in8357.1 in1946,978190

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

15.7 in in a normal year, most in September.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Mancos, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Mancos 1SW.

57.1 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Mancos 1SW. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around June 4 and the first fall freeze around September 24, a growing season of about 111 days.

Median at 36°F
last June 15, first September 15
Median at 32°F
last June 4, first September 24
Median at 28°F
last May 21, first October 2

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Mancos.

Days with a mean dew point of 65°F or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January17°F68%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February19°F63%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March21°F54%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April24°F48%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May29°F41%100%0%0%0%0%0%
June31°F31%100%0%0%0%0%0%
July43°F40%97%3%0%0%0%0%
August44°F44%97%3%0%0%0%0%
September36°F43%100%0%0%0%0%0%
October27°F47%100%0%0%0%0%0%
November20°F54%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December17°F64%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is June, with the sky 34 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 58 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is April, averaging 7.8 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 18, with 14 h 45 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 9 h 35 min.

Hours of daylight at Mancos through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Montezuma County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Montezuma County: 74.0°F (+4.8 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Montezuma County: 1.07 in (-0.64 in against 1991-2020), the 31st driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Montezuma County: 55.7°F (+4.3 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Montezuma County: 7.10 in (-3.07 in against 1991-2020), the 11th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
74.0°F in 2026
Coolest August
63.3°F in 1968
Wettest August
4.66 in in 1963
Driest August
0.16 in in 1900

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Montezuma County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-6-4-20+2+4+61900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Colorado climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Mancos in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1996. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00055327 (Mancos 1SW), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093069, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.