San Luis, CO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SAN LUIS 1 S, CO US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 6a USDA hardiness Zone 6a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

San Luis has an annual average temperature of 43.9°F with about 9 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 81.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low 6.3°F). July is typically the wettest month (1.51 in) and March the driest (0.35 in).

Annual swing
43.4°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,578
Cooling need
0

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0 of 366 (0%) of San Luis'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
103
1990s
96
2000s
167

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 37.0°F 6.3°F 21.6°F 0.38 in 2
February 41.3°F 12.1°F 26.7°F 0.50 in 4
March 52.1°F 22.7°F 37.4°F 0.35 in 3
April 58.3°F 27.0°F 42.6°F 0.56 in 3
May 67.9°F 34.5°F 51.2°F 0.73 in 3
June 79.2°F 41.5°F 60.4°F 0.79 in 4
July 81.9°F 48.2°F 65.0°F 1.51 in 7
August 79.3°F 47.4°F 63.3°F 1.29 in 9
September 73.6°F 39.4°F 56.5°F 1.04 in 4
October 62.8°F 28.4°F 45.6°F 0.94 in 4
November 49.1°F 17.6°F 33.4°F 0.50 in 2
December 38.6°F 8.9°F 23.7°F 0.41 in 3

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