Monarch Park

Salida, Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, Colorado

Nights by month

Night lows from 2016 to 2025: a typical night, and the cold one that comes 1 night in 10.

The mildest nights are in July, typically 43°F. The coldest are in January, when 1 night in 10 drops to -5°F. Frost is common in January, February, March, April, May, June, September, October, November and December.

Typical nightCold night (1 in 10)
  1. Jan7°F -5°FBag comfortable to -5°F · frost 100% · rain or snow 33% of days
  2. Feb9°F -4°FBag comfortable to -5°F · frost 100% · rain or snow 37% of days
  3. Mar14°F 4°FBag comfortable to 5°F · frost 100% · rain or snow 35% of days
  4. Apr19°F 9°FBag comfortable to 10°F · frost 99% · rain or snow 30% of days
  5. May28°F 19°FBag comfortable to 20°F · frost 85% · rain or snow 36% of days
  6. Jun37°F 30°FBag comfortable to 30°F · frost 21% · rain or snow 30% of days
  7. Jul43°F 39°FBag comfortable to 40°F · frost 1% · rain or snow 49% of days
  8. Aug42°F 38°FBag comfortable to 40°F · frost 0% · rain or snow 44% of days
  9. Sep37°F 29°FBag comfortable to 30°F · frost 18% · rain or snow 29% of days
  10. Oct27°F 13°FBag comfortable to 15°F · frost 80% · rain or snow 24% of days
  11. Nov (this month)16°F 2°FBag comfortable to 0°F · frost 100% · rain or snow 23% of days
  12. Dec9°F -4°FBag comfortable to -5°F · frost 100% · rain or snow 31% of days

| = 32°F

History: ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo, corrected to the site's elevation. Bag rating: the comfort rating that keeps you warm in a tent on 9 of 10 nights that month.

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