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Weather in Rico, CO · National Weather Service + NOAA

Rico stays cool in summer

Rico has cold winters and cool summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 72°, a January night drops to 11°. Normal November highs come to 43°, and lows to 19°.

Winter 36°/12°Spring 50°/25°Summer 69°/43°Fall 53°/29°
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Sunrise 8:38 am · sunset 7:12 pm

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What stands out about Rico’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Cool summersJuly afternoons average 72°, cooler than 99% of U.S. towns.Warming faster than mostThe last 30 years averaged 2.2° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 97% of U.S. towns.Wetter than most of Colorado25 inches of rain and melted snow a year, more than 473 of 481 Colorado towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Rico’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
36° / 12°
Snow is rare
Spring
50° / 25°
Frost is rare by spring
Summer
69° / 43°
90° days are rare
Fall now
53° / 29°
Mild well into the fall
Best months to be outside
JulAug
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
When is it wettest?August, with 2.5 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+2.2° vs. the 20th century.What is each month like?Highs, lows, rain and snow for all 12.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Rico itself (about a 3-mile square). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.