What is the hottest month in Colorado Springs?

July is the warmest month in Colorado Springs, with an average high of 86.5°F.

What is the coldest month in Colorado Springs?

January is the coldest month in Colorado Springs, with an average low of 18.5°F.

What month does Colorado Springs get the most rain?

July is typically the wettest month in Colorado Springs, with about 3.12 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Colorado Springs in?

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

Has the climate in Colorado Springs changed recently?

33.9% of Colorado Springs'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.

Colorado Springs, CO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI AP, CO US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Colorado Springs has an annual average temperature of 50.5°F with about 15.9 inches of precipitation per year and 32.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 18.5°F). July is typically the wettest month (3.12 in) and December the driest (0.23 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.

Annual swing

40.7°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

5,679

HDD/yr

Cooling need

441

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Colorado Springs

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

124 of 366 (33.9%) of Colorado Springs'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.

1940s		1
1950s		41
1960s		30
1970s		23
1980s		39
1990s		30
2000s		52
2010s		68
2020s		82

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	45.0°F	18.5°F	31.7°F	0.29 in	4.9 in	4
February	46.5°F	20.2°F	33.4°F	0.32 in	4.6 in	5
March	54.9°F	27.3°F	41.1°F	0.79 in	5.7 in	7
April	61.0°F	34.0°F	47.5°F	1.45 in	5.5 in	8
May	70.7°F	43.5°F	57.1°F	1.99 in	0.6 in	10
June	81.6°F	52.8°F	67.2°F	2.27 in	—	10
July	86.5°F	58.2°F	72.4°F	3.12 in	—	12
August	83.6°F	56.6°F	70.1°F	2.96 in	—	12
September	77.1°F	48.9°F	63.0°F	1.35 in	0.2 in	7
October	64.7°F	36.6°F	50.7°F	0.77 in	2.5 in	5
November	52.9°F	26.0°F	39.5°F	0.37 in	4.4 in	5
December	44.6°F	18.7°F	31.7°F	0.23 in	4.1 in	4