Denver, CO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from DENVER-STAPLETON, CO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Denver has an annual average temperature of 51.4°F with about 15.4 inches of precipitation per year and 49 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 90.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 17.6°F). May is typically the wettest month (2.29 in) and January the driest (0.46 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.
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All-time records →96 of 366 (26.2%) of Denver'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 | 2 | |
| 1950s | 27 | |
| 1960s | 31 | |
| 1970s | 28 | |
| 1980s | 43 | |
| 1990s | 56 | |
| 2000s | 65 | |
| 2010s | 68 | |
| 2020s | 46 |
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 | 46.5°F | 17.6°F | 32.1°F | 0.46 in | 6.4 in | 5 |
| February | 47.5°F | 19.3°F | 33.4°F | 0.53 in | 7.6 in | 6 |
| March | 56.4°F | 27.1°F | 41.8°F | 1.12 in | 8.8 in | 7 |
| April | 62.5°F | 33.7°F | 48.1°F | 1.67 in | 6.2 in | 8 |
| May | 71.7°F | 43.4°F | 57.6°F | 2.29 in | 1.4 in | 11 |
| June | 84.1°F | 52.9°F | 68.5°F | 1.68 in | — | 8 |
| July | 90.2°F | 59.3°F | 74.8°F | 2.12 in | — | 9 |
| August | 87.9°F | 57.2°F | 72.5°F | 1.83 in | — | 9 |
| September | 80.1°F | 48.2°F | 64.2°F | 1.51 in | 0.8 in | 6 |
| October | 66.7°F | 35.7°F | 51.2°F | 0.98 in | 3.9 in | 5 |
| November | 54.8°F | 25.5°F | 40.2°F | 0.70 in | 7.3 in | 6 |
| December | 45.9°F | 17.7°F | 31.8°F | 0.47 in | 6.6 in | 5 |
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