Steamboat Springs, CO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO US.

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental climate 5b USDA hardiness Zone 5b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Steamboat Springs has an annual average temperature of 40.8°F with about 24.7 inches of precipitation per year and 184.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 4.6°F). May is typically the wettest month (2.65 in) and March the driest (1.58 in). Snow typically falls from January through December.

Annual swing
47.6°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
8,715
Cooling need
0

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

73 of 366 (19.9%) of Steamboat Springs'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
40
1900s
25
1910s
31
1920s
7
1930s
36
1940s
18
1950s
19
1960s
7
1970s
4
1980s
26
1990s
29
2000s
39
2010s
34
2020s
51

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 29.2°F 4.6°F 16.9°F 2.46 in 46.6 in 15
February 34.3°F 7.9°F 21.1°F 1.92 in 35.7 in 13
March 44.8°F 17.6°F 31.2°F 1.58 in 19.5 in 11
April 54.4°F 26.7°F 40.5°F 2.54 in 13.2 in 13
May 65.2°F 34.0°F 49.6°F 2.65 in 2.8 in 13
June 75.9°F 39.2°F 57.6°F 1.58 in 0.3 in 8
July 83.1°F 45.8°F 64.5°F 1.72 in 9
August 81.5°F 44.2°F 62.8°F 1.80 in 12
September 73.5°F 35.7°F 54.6°F 2.32 in 0.4 in 10
October 59.3°F 26.1°F 42.7°F 2.22 in 6.9 in 9
November 42.9°F 16.4°F 29.7°F 1.93 in 23.3 in 10
December 30.4°F 6.3°F 18.3°F 1.96 in 35.8 in 13

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