Buena Vista, CO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BUENA VISTA 2S, CO US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Buena Vista has an annual average temperature of 44.7°F with about 9.9 inches of precipitation per year and 49.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 11.1°F). August is typically the wettest month (1.57 in) and January the driest (0.33 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.

Annual swing
40.5°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,359
Cooling need
36

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

37 of 366 (10.1%) of Buena Vista'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.

1890s
0
1900s
9
1910s
4
1920s
82
1930s
57
1940s
44
1950s
31
1960s
18
1970s
8
1980s
14
1990s
4
2000s
41
2010s
31
2020s
23

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 40.6°F 11.1°F 25.8°F 0.33 in 6.2 in 4
February 42.6°F 13.6°F 28.1°F 0.44 in 7.4 in 5
March 50.4°F 21.2°F 35.8°F 0.62 in 8.2 in 6
April 56.5°F 26.6°F 41.6°F 1.02 in 8.1 in 7
May 66.5°F 35.7°F 51.1°F 1.17 in 3.2 in 7
June 78.4°F 43.4°F 60.9°F 0.70 in 7
July 83.2°F 49.2°F 66.2°F 1.51 in 13
August 80.2°F 47.2°F 63.7°F 1.57 in 12
September 74.0°F 39.6°F 56.8°F 0.90 in 0.4 in 8
October 62.3°F 28.9°F 45.6°F 0.80 in 3.1 in 6
November 49.7°F 19.5°F 34.6°F 0.44 in 5.1 in 5
December 40.1°F 11.3°F 25.7°F 0.43 in 7.6 in 5

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