Byers, Colorado
# Byers, Colorado

Byers is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Byers post office has the ZIP Code 80103. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Byers CDP was 1,322.

## History

The Byers Post Office has been in operation since 1873. Byers comprises two distinct districts, being the bustling Downtown Byers, and the Historic Uptown Byers. The community took the name of William Byers, the first Colorado newspaper editor.

## Geography

The Byers CDP has an area of 7,663 acres (31.013 $km^2),$ including 335 acres (1.356 $km^2)$ of water.

## Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Byers has a cold semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.

Climate data for Byers, Colorado, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1930–2019 :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °F (°C) | 74 (23) | 78 (26) | 85 (29) | 92 (33) | 98 (37) | 106 (41) | 106 (41) | 104 (40) | 101 (38) | 91 (33) | 81 (27) | 76 (24) | 106 (41) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 62.0 (16.7) | 66.1 (18.9) | 75.6 (24.2) | 82.3 (27.9) | 90.0 (32.2) | 97.2 (36.2) | 101.3 (38.5) | 98.2 (36.8) | 93.6 (34.2) | 84.6 (29.2) | 74.7 (23.7) | 63.8 (17.7) | 101.5 (38.6) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 42.3 (5.7) | 44.6 (7.0) | 54.3 (12.4) | 61.2 (16.2) | 70.5 (21.4) | 82.9 (28.3) | 89.5 (31.9) | 87.0 (30.6) | 79.3 (26.3) | 65.2 (18.4) | 52.5 (11.4) | 42.5 (5.8) | 64.3 (18.0) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 28.3 (−2.1) | 30.2 (−1.0) | 39.5 (4.2) | 46.3 (7.9) | 56.0 (13.3) | 66.9 (19.4) | 73.4 (23.0) | 71.3 (21.8) | 62.9 (17.2) | 49.2 (9.6) | 37.3 (2.9) | 28.1 (−2.2) | 49.1 (9.5) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 14.2 (−9.9) | 15.8 (−9.0) | 24.7 (−4.1) | 31.5 (−0.3) | 41.5 (5.3) | 50.9 (10.5) | 57.4 (14.1) | 55.6 (13.1) | 46.5 (8.1) | 33.2 (0.7) | 22.2 (−5.4) | 13.8 (−10.1) | 33.9 (1.1) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −8.1 (−22.3) | −6.8 (−21.6) | 6.0 (−14.4) | 15.8 (−9.0) | 27.6 (−2.4) | 38.3 (3.5) | 48.0 (8.9) | 47.3 (8.5) | 31.4 (−0.3) | 16.8 (−8.4) | 0.5 (−17.5) | −9.8 (−23.2) | −18.3 (−27.9) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −32 (−36) | −36 (−38) | −19 (−28) | −9 (−23) | 20 (−7) | 29 (−2) | 38 (3) | 37 (3) | 10 (−12) | −5 (−21) | −22 (−30) | −33 (−36) | −36 (−38) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.45 (11) | 0.52 (13) | 1.21 (31) | 1.82 (46) | 2.46 (62) | 1.98 (50) | 2.56 (65) | 1.99 (51) | 1.20 (30) | 0.98 (25) | 0.67 (17) | 0.45 (11) | 16.29 (412) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 6.1 (15) | 6.3 (16) | 7.3 (19) | 5.5 (14) | 0.7 (1.8) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.9 (2.3) | 3.8 (9.7) | 5.9 (15) | 6.2 (16) | 42.7 (108.8) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 71.9 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 3.5 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 19.8 |
| Source 1: NOAA ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service (mean maxima and minima 1981–2010) ||||||||||||||

## Demographics

The United States Census Bureau initially defined the Byers CDP for the 1990 United States Census.

