Kiowa weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Kiowa, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at ELIZABETH 2NW, 15 km from Kiowa; records cover 1996–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 19.3 in490 mm
- Snow a year
- 75 in190 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 14
- First fall freeze
- Oct 4
- Heating degree days
- 6,531
- Cooling degree days
- 425
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −1°−18° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Kiowa in January
Highs average 43°6° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.65 in17 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1997)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (2024)
- Heating degree days
- 1065
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kiowa in February
Highs average 44°6° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2020)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 964
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kiowa in March
Highs average 52°11° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2026)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 829
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kiowa in April
Highs average 58°15° and lows 30°−1°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation and 15 in37 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2023)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 632
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kiowa in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 40°4°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation and 2.8 in7.1 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2000)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 368
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Kiowa in June
Highs average 80°26° and lows 49°10°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2012)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 94
- Cooling degree days
- 76
Kiowa in July
Highs average 85°29° and lows 56°13°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2005)
- Record low
- 44°7° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 13
- Cooling degree days
- 174
Kiowa in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 54°12°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2008)
- Record low
- 39°4° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 30
- Cooling degree days
- 124
Kiowa in September
Highs average 76°24° and lows 47°8°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2011)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 157
- Cooling degree days
- 43
Kiowa in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 35°2°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2020)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 503
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Kiowa in November
Highs average 52°11° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.81 in21 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2025)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 802
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kiowa in December
Highs average 43°6° and lows 17°−8°, with 0.96 in24 mm of precipitation and 12 in30 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2021)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (2022)
- Heating degree days
- 1074
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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