Buena Vista, CO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BUENA VISTA 2S, CO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
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.
Best time to visit Buena Vista
Full guide →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 |
Climate twins of Buena Vista
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).