Telluride, CO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from TELLURIDE 4WNW, CO US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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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.

Annual swing
40.5°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
9,678
Cooling need
0

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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

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