Crestone, CO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CRESTONE 2 SE, CO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Crestone has an annual average temperature of 43.6°F with about 12.4 inches of precipitation per year and 58.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 81.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 9.2°F). July is typically the wettest month (2.11 in) and February the driest (0.48 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
Best time to visit Crestone
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →81 of 366 (22.1%) of Crestone'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.
| 1980s | 43 | |
| 1990s | 98 | |
| 2000s | 129 | |
| 2010s | 38 | |
| 2020s | 58 |
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 | 33.0°F | 9.2°F | 21.1°F | 0.50 in | 8.0 in | 5 |
| February | 38.5°F | 14.7°F | 26.6°F | 0.48 in | 7.7 in | 5 |
| March | 48.8°F | 22.3°F | 35.5°F | 0.99 in | 9.3 in | 6 |
| April | 56.6°F | 28.0°F | 42.3°F | 1.07 in | 10.8 in | 7 |
| May | 66.5°F | 36.2°F | 51.4°F | 1.15 in | 2.5 in | 8 |
| June | 77.6°F | 45.1°F | 61.4°F | 0.83 in | — | 6 |
| July | 81.5°F | 49.6°F | 65.5°F | 2.11 in | — | 13 |
| August | 78.7°F | 48.1°F | 63.4°F | 1.91 in | — | 12 |
| September | 71.9°F | 41.5°F | 56.7°F | 1.24 in | — | 8 |
| October | 59.7°F | 30.7°F | 45.2°F | 0.91 in | 3.9 in | 6 |
| November | 44.8°F | 19.3°F | 32.1°F | 0.66 in | 7.0 in | 5 |
| December | 33.4°F | 9.7°F | 21.5°F | 0.58 in | 9.4 in | 6 |
Climate twins of Crestone
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).