May
May · October · September
74climate match
United States · 1991–2020
Best time to visit
Rocky Ford.
May leads for comfortable weather in Rocky Ford: typically 27.1°C by day, 7.7°C at night, with 40 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
Best comfortMay
Typical high27.1°C
Typical low7.7°C
Rain in May40 mm
June
June · August · September
65climate match
April
April · October · March
78climate match
The weakest month is December, scoring 7 against May’s 74 — days reach only 9°C, 15° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -9.1°C.
Month by month
The whole year,
without the guesswork.
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
Jan
99.6° / -9.4°
Feb
2012° / -7.3°
Mar
4817.9° / -2.7°
Apr
6922.1° / 2°
May
7427.1° / 7.7°
Jun
6632.6° / 13.1°
Jul
5834.6° / 15.5°
Aug
6533.3° / 14.7°
Sep
7129.9° / 9.7°
Oct
7222.8° / 1.9°
Nov
3514.8° / -4.6°
Dec
79° / -9.1°
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C | -9.4°C | 8 mm | 1.8 | 9 h 47 | 9 | Strong coverage |
| February | 12°C | -7.3°C | 9 mm | 2.1 | 10 h 43 | 20 | Strong coverage |
| March | 17.9°C | -2.7°C | 20 mm | 3.4 | 11 h 50 | 48 | Strong coverage |
| April | 22.1°C | 2°C | 35 mm | 4.4 | 13 h 08 | 69 | Strong coverage |
| May | 27.1°C | 7.7°C | 40 mm | 5.1 | 14 h 12 | 74 | Strong coverage |
| June | 32.6°C | 13.1°C | 39 mm | 4.7 | 14 h 47 | 66 | Strong coverage |
| July | 34.6°C | 15.5°C | 59 mm | 6.1 | 14 h 34 | 58 | Strong coverage |
| August | 33.3°C | 14.7°C | 48 mm | 5.4 | 13 h 38 | 65 | Strong coverage |
| September | 29.9°C | 9.7°C | 19 mm | 3.1 | 12 h 23 | 71 | Strong coverage |
| October | 22.8°C | 1.9°C | 24 mm | 2.8 | 11 h 08 | 72 | Strong coverage |
| November | 14.8°C | -4.6°C | 11 mm | 2.1 | 10 h 04 | 35 | Strong coverage |
| December | 9°C | -9.1°C | 9 mm | 2.1 | 9 h 32 | 7 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Rocky Ford runs +0.4°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
Jan
+1.0
Feb
-0.4
Mar
+1.8
Apr
0.0
May
-0.5
Jun
+0.7
Jul
-0.7
Aug
-0.1
Sep
+1.1
Oct
-0.4
Nov
+1.0
Dec
+1.4
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C30 Jan 1986 | -34.4°C28 Jan 1948 | 19 mm8 Jan 1939 | 45 mm1944 · driest 0 mm in 1904 | 133 |
| February | 29.4°C10 Feb 2017 | -31.7°C3 Feb 1996 | 21 mm28 Feb 1931 | 37 mm2015 · driest 0 mm in 1926 | 133 |
| March | 33.3°C27 Mar 2026 | -29.4°C11 Mar 1948 | 32 mm15 Mar 1946 | 63 mm1946 · driest 0 mm in 1913 | 133 |
| April | 36.7°C26 Apr 1927 | -16.1°C8 Apr 1957 | 66 mm22 Apr 1983 | 182 mm1900 · driest 0 mm in 1963 | 133 |
| May | 40.0°C31 May 2002 | -7.8°C1 May 1909 | 89 mm31 May 1894 | 159 mm1923 · driest 2 mm in 2004 | 132 |
| June | 41.1°C24 Jun 1954 | -0.6°C2 Jun 1919 | 62 mm17 Jun 1965 | 146 mm1965 · driest 2 mm in 1971 | 131 |
| July | 42.2°C20 Jul 2005 | 3.9°C3 Jul 1909 | 158 mm8 Jul 1893 | 241 mm1893 · driest 2 mm in 2002 | 130 |
| August | 41.7°C1 Aug 2008 | 3.9°C31 Aug 1993 | 78 mm1 Aug 1893 | 160 mm1945 · driest 0 mm in 1924 | 130 |
| September | 39.4°C5 Sep 1995 | -3.9°C29 Sep 1999 | 54 mm27 Sep 1966 | 79 mm1966 · driest 0 mm in 1922 | 130 |
| October | 35.0°C1 Oct 2024 | -20.0°C31 Oct 2019 | 56 mm8 Oct 1957 | 86 mm2009 · driest 0 mm in 1894 | 132 |
| November | 30.0°C8 Nov 2006 | -26.7°C27 Nov 1952 | 51 mm10 Nov 1907 | 93 mm1946 · driest 0 mm in 2021 | 132 |
| December | 26.7°C17 Dec 1980 | -33.3°C12 Dec 1961 | 45 mm4 Dec 1913 | 59 mm1913 · driest 0 mm in 1910 | 132 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 30 | <1 | 3 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 26 | <1 | 2 |
| March | 4 | <1 | 23 | <1 | 2 |
| April | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 | <1 |
| May | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | <1 |
| June | 28 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 31 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| August | 30 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| September | 26 | 18 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| October | 13 | 4 | 12 | <1 | <1 |
| November | 2 | 0 | 26 | <1 | 2 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 30 | <1 | 3 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4% | 6% | <1% | 1% | 3.9–11.9°C |
| February | 11% | 7% | <1% | 1% | 5.7–15.4°C |
| March | 33% | 10% | 2% | 4% | 12.4–19.9°C |
| April | 59% | 14% | 4% | 9% | 17.9–23.9°C |
| May | 74% | 18% | 5% | 15% | 23.1–28.3°C |
| June | 85% | 15% | 4% | 10% | 28.9–34.0°C |
| July | 82% | 18% | 5% | 15% | 32.0–35.8°C |
| August | 84% | 16% | 4% | 10% | 30.8–34.5°C |
| September | 87% | 10% | 2% | 4% | 26.9–31.1°C |
| October | 68% | 8% | 2% | 4% | 19.6–24.9°C |
| November | 24% | 7% | <1% | 2% | 10.5–17.6°C |
| December | 5% | 6% | <1% | 2% | 4.6–11.9°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
The evidence behind this page
Nearby, measured,
and named.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5436808
- NOAA station
- USC00057167 · ROCKY FORD 2 SE
- Station distance
- 2.7 km from the place centre
- Climate period
- 1991–2020
- Minimum month coverage
- 28 usable years
- Daylight
- Calculated from latitude 38.05°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.