Gunnison, CO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from GUNNISON 3SW, CO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Gunnison has an annual average temperature of 37.7°F with about 10.6 inches of precipitation per year and 45.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 79.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low -6.4°F). August is typically the wettest month (1.45 in) and March the driest (0.51 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.
Best time to visit Gunnison
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →27 of 366 (7.4%) of Gunnison'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 | 23 | |
| 1900s | 36 | |
| 1910s | 18 | |
| 1920s | 9 | |
| 1930s | 106 | |
| 1940s | 23 | |
| 1950s | 60 | |
| 1960s | 9 | |
| 1970s | 10 | |
| 1980s | 22 | |
| 1990s | 9 | |
| 2000s | 10 | |
| 2010s | 8 | |
| 2020s | 23 |
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 | 26.1°F | -6.4°F | 9.8°F | 0.82 in | 11.1 in | 7 |
| February | 30.4°F | 0.7°F | 15.6°F | 0.67 in | 9.0 in | 7 |
| March | 44.1°F | 14.0°F | 29.0°F | 0.51 in | 4.4 in | 5 |
| April | 56.0°F | 22.7°F | 39.3°F | 0.74 in | 3.5 in | 5 |
| May | 65.8°F | 30.2°F | 48.0°F | 1.00 in | 0.6 in | 7 |
| June | 76.2°F | 36.5°F | 56.3°F | 0.57 in | — | 5 |
| July | 79.9°F | 43.9°F | 61.9°F | 1.31 in | — | 10 |
| August | 77.0°F | 42.6°F | 59.8°F | 1.45 in | — | 11 |
| September | 70.3°F | 33.6°F | 51.9°F | 1.22 in | 0.2 in | 9 |
| October | 59.8°F | 21.7°F | 40.7°F | 0.73 in | 1.2 in | 6 |
| November | 43.6°F | 10.7°F | 27.1°F | 0.65 in | 5.2 in | 5 |
| December | 28.5°F | -2.9°F | 12.8°F | 0.93 in | 10.3 in | 6 |
Climate twins of Gunnison
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).