Alamosa, CO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ALAMOSA 1E, CO US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 5a USDA hardiness Zone 5a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Alamosa has an annual average temperature of 42.6°F with about 7.3 inches of precipitation per year and 30 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 82.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low -0.4°F). August is typically the wettest month (1.43 in) and December the driest (0.23 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Annual swing
47.9°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
8,067
Cooling need
9

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

249 of 366 (68%) of Alamosa's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

2000s
43
2010s
168
2020s
155

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 35.3°F -0.4°F 17.4°F 0.39 in 6.9 in 4
February 42.6°F 7.0°F 24.8°F 0.26 in 4.2 in 3
March 52.8°F 17.1°F 35.0°F 0.46 in 4.3 in 4
April 59.4°F 25.5°F 42.4°F 0.53 in 4.5 in 4
May 69.2°F 33.9°F 51.6°F 0.65 in 0.8 in 6
June 79.4°F 41.7°F 60.6°F 0.26 in 4
July 82.9°F 47.7°F 65.3°F 1.16 in 11
August 80.4°F 45.1°F 62.7°F 1.43 in 9
September 74.9°F 37.1°F 56.0°F 0.94 in 7
October 64.1°F 25.2°F 44.6°F 0.59 in 2.0 in 4
November 50.5°F 12.6°F 31.5°F 0.36 in 3.1 in 3
December 37.3°F 1.6°F 19.5°F 0.23 in 4.2 in 5

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