Crested Butte, CO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CRESTED BUTTE, CO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Crested Butte has an annual average temperature of 34.2°F with about 23.8 inches of precipitation per year and 203 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 76.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low -6.5°F). January is typically the wettest month (2.72 in) and June the driest (0.93 in). Snow typically falls from January through December.
Best time to visit Crested Butte
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →31 of 366 (8.5%) of Crested Butte'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 | 0 | |
| 1910s | 62 | |
| 1920s | 48 | |
| 1930s | 57 | |
| 1940s | 26 | |
| 1950s | 32 | |
| 1960s | 21 | |
| 1970s | 15 | |
| 1980s | 17 | |
| 1990s | 13 | |
| 2000s | 15 | |
| 2010s | 34 | |
| 2020s | 26 |
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 | 25.8°F | -6.5°F | 9.6°F | 2.72 in | 42.2 in | 12 |
| February | 29.4°F | -2.1°F | 13.7°F | 2.54 in | 35.2 in | 12 |
| March | 37.9°F | 7.0°F | 22.4°F | 2.09 in | 29.1 in | 10 |
| April | 46.9°F | 19.1°F | 33.0°F | 2.01 in | 19.4 in | 10 |
| May | 58.3°F | 28.5°F | 43.4°F | 1.52 in | 6.7 in | 8 |
| June | 70.2°F | 33.7°F | 51.9°F | 0.93 in | 0.3 in | 6 |
| July | 76.1°F | 39.5°F | 57.8°F | 1.96 in | — | 10 |
| August | 73.5°F | 38.4°F | 55.9°F | 1.98 in | — | 12 |
| September | 65.9°F | 31.2°F | 48.6°F | 1.95 in | 1.2 in | 10 |
| October | 54.3°F | 22.0°F | 38.2°F | 1.71 in | 8.5 in | 8 |
| November | 39.4°F | 9.3°F | 24.3°F | 2.04 in | 25.3 in | 9 |
| December | 26.8°F | -4.2°F | 11.3°F | 2.31 in | 35.1 in | 11 |
Climate twins of Crested Butte
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).