Dove Creek weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Dove Creek, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Northdale, 11 km from Dove Creek; records cover 1930–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 11.3 in287 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 25
- First fall freeze
- Sep 22
- Heating degree days
- 7,326
- Cooling degree days
- 257
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −6°−21° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Dove Creek in January
Highs average 37°3° and lows 11°−11°, with 0.76 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 59°15° (2015)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1932)
- Heating degree days
- 1271
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dove Creek in February
Highs average 41°5° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 67°19° (1986)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 1037
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dove Creek in March
Highs average 52°11° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.86 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2026)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 865
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dove Creek in April
Highs average 60°16° and lows 28°−2°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1981)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 636
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dove Creek in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 35°2°, with 0.88 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2002)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 395
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Dove Creek in June
Highs average 82°28° and lows 42°6°, with 0.41 in10 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1936)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 124
- Cooling degree days
- 33
Dove Creek in July
Highs average 87°31° and lows 51°11°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1936)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 134
Dove Creek in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 50°10°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1936)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 28
- Cooling degree days
- 80
Dove Creek in September
Highs average 76°24° and lows 41°5°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1977)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 209
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Dove Creek in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 30°−1°, with 1.4 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1987)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 580
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dove Creek in November
Highs average 49°10° and lows 20°−7°, with 0.96 in24 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1949)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 916
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dove Creek in December
Highs average 38°3° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.98 in25 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 67°19° (1939)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1931)
- Heating degree days
- 1251
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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