Fort Collins, CO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from FT COLLINS, CO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Fort Collins has an annual average temperature of 50.7°F with about 15.9 inches of precipitation per year and 51.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 87.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 18.3°F). May is typically the wettest month (2.72 in) and January the driest (0.41 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.
Best time to visit Fort Collins
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →89 of 366 (24.3%) of Fort Collins'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.
| 1890s | 25 | |
| 1900s | 11 | |
| 1910s | 16 | |
| 1920s | 15 | |
| 1930s | 22 | |
| 1940s | 20 | |
| 1950s | 24 | |
| 1960s | 10 | |
| 1970s | 16 | |
| 1980s | 26 | |
| 1990s | 20 | |
| 2000s | 52 | |
| 2010s | 48 | |
| 2020s | 61 |
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 | 18.3°F | 31.6°F | 0.41 in | 6.7 in | 4 |
| February | 46.8°F | 20.7°F | 33.8°F | 0.47 in | 7.6 in | 5 |
| March | 56.4°F | 28.5°F | 42.4°F | 1.31 in | 9.4 in | 6 |
| April | 62.5°F | 35.4°F | 49.0°F | 2.10 in | 6.2 in | 9 |
| May | 70.9°F | 44.1°F | 57.5°F | 2.72 in | 1.6 in | 12 |
| June | 81.8°F | 52.8°F | 67.3°F | 1.90 in | — | 9 |
| July | 87.4°F | 58.7°F | 73.1°F | 1.63 in | — | 9 |
| August | 85.0°F | 56.5°F | 70.7°F | 1.45 in | — | 9 |
| September | 77.4°F | 48.0°F | 62.7°F | 1.43 in | 0.7 in | 7 |
| October | 64.3°F | 36.1°F | 50.2°F | 1.25 in | 4.1 in | 6 |
| November | 52.5°F | 26.1°F | 39.3°F | 0.74 in | 7.6 in | 5 |
| December | 44.0°F | 18.3°F | 31.1°F | 0.47 in | 7.5 in | 4 |
Climate twins of Fort Collins
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