Telluride, CO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from TELLURIDE 4WNW, CO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Telluride has an annual average temperature of 38.1°F with about 20.4 inches of precipitation per year and 130.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 76.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 0.3°F). August is typically the wettest month (2.60 in) and June the driest (0.85 in). Snow typically falls from January through December.
Best time to visit Telluride
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →28 of 366 (7.7%) of Telluride'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.
| 1900s | 19 | |
| 1910s | 42 | |
| 1920s | 20 | |
| 1930s | 14 | |
| 1940s | 29 | |
| 1950s | 22 | |
| 1960s | 30 | |
| 1970s | 24 | |
| 1980s | 69 | |
| 1990s | 50 | |
| 2000s | 19 | |
| 2010s | 10 | |
| 2020s | 18 |
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 | 36.2°F | 0.3°F | 18.2°F | 1.45 in | 23.6 in | 10 |
| February | 37.6°F | 5.3°F | 21.5°F | 1.38 in | 22.0 in | 10 |
| March | 43.7°F | 12.9°F | 28.3°F | 1.61 in | 22.7 in | 10 |
| April | 50.8°F | 22.0°F | 36.4°F | 1.71 in | 13.1 in | 10 |
| May | 60.4°F | 28.8°F | 44.6°F | 1.60 in | 5.1 in | 9 |
| June | 72.5°F | 34.2°F | 53.3°F | 0.85 in | 0.3 in | 5 |
| July | 76.7°F | 40.7°F | 58.7°F | 2.37 in | — | 13 |
| August | 74.1°F | 40.2°F | 57.2°F | 2.60 in | — | 15 |
| September | 68.0°F | 33.6°F | 50.8°F | 2.34 in | 0.7 in | 11 |
| October | 57.4°F | 23.4°F | 40.4°F | 1.56 in | 5.3 in | 8 |
| November | 45.4°F | 12.6°F | 29.0°F | 1.53 in | 18.7 in | 8 |
| December | 36.2°F | 1.8°F | 19.0°F | 1.37 in | 19.3 in | 9 |
Climate twins of Telluride
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).