What is the hottest month in Crested Butte?

July is the warmest month in Crested Butte, with an average high of 76.1°F.

What is the coldest month in Crested Butte?

January is the coldest month in Crested Butte, with an average low of -6.5°F.

What month does Crested Butte get the most rain?

January is typically the wettest month in Crested Butte, with about 2.72 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Crested Butte in?

Crested Butte is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 4b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Crested Butte changed recently?

8.5% of Crested Butte'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.

Crested Butte, CO

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

Dfc Subarctic climate 4b USDA hardiness Zone 4b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

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.

Annual swing

48.2°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

11,097

HDD/yr

Cooling need

CDD/yr

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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