Annual mean 7°C · wettest around October · prevailing wind W
Warmest
26.8 °C
Coldest
-3.0 °C
Wettest
15%
Windiest
4.7 m/s
Prevailing
W
3.2 m/s average
When this place is good five ratings · thirty-six ten-day sections · click a cell to read it
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bars actual · line feels-like, °Cchance of rain, %wind speed, m/ssky covered, %
The average temperature in Rifle over the whole year is 7°C. July is the hottest month, with highs of about 26°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about -8°C. Rifle has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 7% in February, the driest month, to 11% in October, the wettest. Winds in Rifle are highest in April, averaging 3.5 m/s (13 km/h), and lightest in January, at 2.3 m/s (8 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the W. The clearest skies in Rifle come in July, when the sky is typically 17% covered; January is the cloudiest month, at 45%.
Month by month Rifle climate by month: average temperatures year round · click a month to read it
Month
High
Low
Feels like
Chance of rain
Cloud
Wind
Being outside
Sun
Walking
January
-3°C
-8°C
-7°C
8%
45%
2.3 m/s
0
0
0
February
-0°C
-7°C
-5°C
7%
43%
2.9 m/s
0
0
5
March
5°C
-3°C
-0°C
9%
45%
3.0 m/s
2
0
20
April
10°C
0°C
4°C
9%
36%
3.5 m/s
11
0
41
May
15°C
5°C
10°C
10%
32%
3.2 m/s
36
2
60
June
23°C
11°C
18°C
9%
18%
3.2 m/s
60
27
57
July
26°C
14°C
23°C
8%
17%
2.6 m/s
57
52
41
August
25°C
12°C
21°C
9%
20%
2.7 m/s
63
42
48
September
20°C
8°C
16°C
10%
19%
2.8 m/s
58
14
67
October
12°C
2°C
7°C
11%
25%
2.7 m/s
22
0
54
November
5°C
-4°C
0°C
8%
30%
2.7 m/s
1
0
23
December
-1°C
-7°C
-6°C
8%
41%
2.5 m/s
0
0
2
High and low are the warmest and coolest of four readings a day — midnight, 6am, noon and 6pm — so a true overnight low can sit a degree or two under them. Chance of rain, cloud and wind are the day’s average; feels-like and the three ratings (each out of 100: Good from 55, Ideal from 80) are read at midday.
Seasons, and the year in short Rifle weather by season
Year round, Rifle has days of about -3°C at their warmest in January, its coolest month, and 26°C in July, its warmest; the coolest hours of the day run from -8°C to 14°C through the year, and the average temperature over the year is 7°C around the clock. Rain is most likely around October and least likely around February. Every figure here is a decade of observations blended into one representative year, so it reads as what this date is usually like, not a forecast for one particular day.
Rifle weather in winterDecember to February
High -1°CLow -7°CRain 8%
Winter in Rifle has typical daily highs of about -1°C and lows of about -7°C, with a 8% chance of rain on a given day.
Rifle weather in springMarch to May
High 10°CLow 1°CRain 10%
Spring in Rifle has typical daily highs of about 10°C and lows of about 1°C, with a 10% chance of rain on a given day.
Rifle weather in summerJune to August
High 25°CLow 12°CRain 9%
Summer in Rifle has typical daily highs of about 25°C and lows of about 12°C, with a 9% chance of rain on a given day.
Rifle weather in autumnSeptember to November
High 12°CLow 2°CRain 10%
Autumn in Rifle has typical daily highs of about 12°C and lows of about 2°C, with a 10% chance of rain on a given day.
When is the rainy season in Rifle?
Rifle has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 7% in February, the driest month, to 11% in October, the wettest.
What time of year is Rifle windiest?
Winds in Rifle are highest in April, averaging 3.5 m/s (13 km/h), and lightest in January, at 2.3 m/s (8 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the W.
What is the average temperature in Rifle year round?
The average temperature in Rifle over the whole year is 7°C. July is the hottest month, with highs of about 26°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about -8°C.