# Briggsdale, Colorado

Briggsdale is an unincorporated community, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Briggsdale post office has the ZIP Code 80611. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Briggsdale CDP was 134.

## History

Briggsdale was established in 1909. The town was named for Frank N. Briggs, a farmer and one of the founders. The Briggsdale, Colorado, post office opened on August 1, 1910.

## Geography

Briggsdale is located at coordinates 40°38′05″N 104°19′37″W﻿ / ﻿40.6347°N 104.3269°W﻿ / 40.6347; -104.3269﻿ (Briggsdale, Colorado) at an elevation of 4,866 feet (1,483 m).
At the 2020 United States Census, the Briggsdale CDP had an area of 416 acres (1.683 km$^2$), all land.

### Climate

Climate data for Briggsdale, Colorado, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1963–present :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 71 (22) | 74 (23) | 81 (27) | 89 (32) | 96 (36) | 102 (39) | 106 (41) | 103 (39) | 99 (37) | 89 (32) | 78 (26) | 75 (24) | 106 (41) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 61.0 (16.1) | 64.5 (18.1) | 74.4 (23.6) | 80.8 (27.1) | 89.6 (32.0) | 95.2 (35.1) | 99.7 (37.6) | 97.4 (36.3) | 92.9 (33.8) | 83.6 (28.7) | 71.9 (22.2) | 61.5 (16.4) | 100.4 (38.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 41.4 (5.2) | 44.3 (6.8) | 54.8 (12.7) | 62.0 (16.7) | 71.3 (21.8) | 83.1 (28.4) | 90.0 (32.2) | 87.1 (30.6) | 78.8 (26.0) | 64.9 (18.3) | 50.8 (10.4) | 40.8 (4.9) | 64.1 (17.8) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 25.5 (−3.6) | 28.4 (−2.0) | 38.1 (3.4) | 45.9 (7.7) | 56.0 (13.3) | 66.7 (19.3) | 73.1 (22.8) | 70.4 (21.3) | 61.2 (16.2) | 47.9 (8.8) | 34.5 (1.4) | 25.1 (−3.8) | 47.7 (8.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 9.7 (−12.4) | 12.6 (−10.8) | 21.4 (−5.9) | 29.8 (−1.2) | 40.7 (4.8) | 50.4 (10.2) | 56.2 (13.4) | 53.7 (12.1) | 43.6 (6.4) | 31.0 (−0.6) | 18.2 (−7.7) | 9.4 (−12.6) | 31.4 (−0.4) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −9.6 (−23.1) | −5.9 (−21.1) | 4.0 (−15.6) | 16.1 (−8.8) | 26.8 (−2.9) | 38.4 (3.6) | 47.4 (8.6) | 45.3 (7.4) | 30.4 (−0.9) | 12.5 (−10.8) | −0.8 (−18.2) | −8.0 (−22.2) | −16.8 (−27.1) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −30 (−34) | −33 (−36) | −20 (−29) | 4 (−16) | 16 (−9) | 20 (−7) | 33 (1) | 33 (1) | 17 (−8) | −18 (−28) | −17 (−27) | −38 (−39) | −38 (−39) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.15 (3.8) | 0.23 (5.8) | 0.76 (19) | 1.49 (38) | 2.08 (53) | 2.08 (53) | 1.75 (44) | 1.98 (50) | 1.26 (32) | 0.87 (22) | 0.43 (11) | 0.35 (8.9) | 13.43 (340.5) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 2.4 (6.1) | 2.3 (5.8) | 3.8 (9.7) | 1.2 (3.0) | 0.3 (0.76) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.25) | 1.6 (4.1) | 2.8 (7.1) | 4.3 (11) | 18.8 (47.81) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 57.6 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 10.1 |
| Source 1: NOAA ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service ||||||||||||||

## Demographics

The United States Census Bureau initially defined the Briggsdale CDP for the United States Census 2020.