Steamboat Springs, CO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
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.
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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 |
Climate twins of Steamboat Springs
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