What is the hottest month in Burlington?

July is the warmest month in Burlington, with an average high of 90.5°F.

What is the coldest month in Burlington?

January is the coldest month in Burlington, with an average low of 17.3°F.

What month does Burlington get the most rain?

July is typically the wettest month in Burlington, with about 3.36 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Burlington in?

Burlington is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Burlington changed recently?

22.4% of Burlington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Burlington, CO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BURLINGTON, CO US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Burlington has an annual average temperature of 51.7°F with about 19.3 inches of precipitation per year and 33.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 90.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 17.3°F). July is typically the wettest month (3.36 in) and January the driest (0.36 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Annual swing

44.9°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

5,532

HDD/yr

Cooling need

732

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

82 of 366 (22.4%) of Burlington'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.

1900s		8
1910s		21
1920s		28
1930s		25
1940s		13
1950s		36
1960s		33
1970s		18
1980s		15
1990s		21
2000s		53
2010s		32
2020s		63

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	43.8°F	17.3°F	30.6°F	0.36 in	5.3 in	3
February	46.2°F	19.0°F	32.6°F	0.59 in	6.8 in	4
March	56.5°F	26.3°F	41.4°F	1.01 in	5.8 in	4
April	64.0°F	33.7°F	48.8°F	2.00 in	3.9 in	6
May	73.6°F	44.6°F	59.1°F	2.70 in	0.3 in	9
June	85.2°F	55.4°F	70.3°F	2.80 in	—	8
July	90.5°F	60.5°F	75.5°F	3.36 in	—	8
August	87.9°F	58.7°F	73.3°F	2.69 in	—	7
September	80.5°F	50.0°F	65.3°F	1.29 in	—	4
October	67.4°F	36.7°F	52.0°F	1.42 in	2.7 in	5
November	53.8°F	26.1°F	40.0°F	0.52 in	3.7 in	3
December	44.0°F	18.2°F	31.1°F	0.51 in	5.2 in	3