It's almost summer, and the weather is starting to heat up.
With this in mind, Stacker compiled a list of the counties with the warmest summers in Colorado using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Data represents the average temperatures from June to August 2022; the historic average is the average for these months from 1901 to 2000.
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#25. Mesa County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 70 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 66 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.8 degrees
#24. Montezuma County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 71 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 67 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.8 degrees
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3 / 25#23. Elbert County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 71 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 67 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 4.1 degrees
#22. Las Animas County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 71 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 70 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.9 degrees
#20. Arapahoe County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 69 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.7 degrees
#19. Broomfield
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 70 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.3 degrees
#18. Lincoln County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 70 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.3 degrees
#17. Adams County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 73 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 70 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.7 degrees
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10 / 25#15. Morgan County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 70 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.9 degrees
#14. Washington County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.3 degrees
#13. Pueblo County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.6 degrees
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14 / 25#12. Logan County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 74 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.5 degrees
#10. Crowley County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 75 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 2.6 degrees
#9. Sedgwick County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 75 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.6 degrees
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18 / 25#8. Kiowa County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 75 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 74 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.4 degrees
#7. Kit Carson County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 75 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.6 degrees
#5. Phillips County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 75 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 71 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 4.0 degrees
#4. Yuma County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 76 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 72 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 3.7 degrees
#3. Baca County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 76 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 74 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.7 degrees
#2. Bent County
- Summer 2022 average temperature: 76 degrees
- Historic average summer temperature: 75 degrees
-- 2022 difference from historic average: 1.5 degrees
