Vail, CO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from VAIL, CO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Vail has an annual average temperature of 37.9°F with about 22.4 inches of precipitation per year and 189.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 76.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 6.6°F). April is typically the wettest month (2.41 in) and June the driest (1.24 in). Snow typically falls from January through December.
Best time to visit Vail
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →82 of 366 (22.4%) of Vail'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 | 133 | |
| 1990s | 80 | |
| 2000s | 52 | |
| 2010s | 61 | |
| 2020s | 40 |
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 | 28.5°F | 6.6°F | 17.5°F | 1.98 in | 35.3 in | 12 |
| February | 33.0°F | 9.2°F | 21.1°F | 2.01 in | 35.7 in | 12 |
| March | 41.7°F | 16.7°F | 29.2°F | 1.76 in | 28.2 in | 10 |
| April | 49.4°F | 23.8°F | 36.6°F | 2.41 in | 21.2 in | 9 |
| May | 60.4°F | 31.0°F | 45.7°F | 2.00 in | 4.8 in | 9 |
| June | 71.4°F | 35.6°F | 53.5°F | 1.24 in | 0.6 in | 7 |
| July | 76.7°F | 41.6°F | 59.2°F | 1.77 in | — | 10 |
| August | 74.0°F | 40.8°F | 57.4°F | 1.75 in | — | 11 |
| September | 66.6°F | 34.0°F | 50.3°F | 1.96 in | 0.9 in | 9 |
| October | 54.1°F | 25.2°F | 39.7°F | 1.83 in | 8.6 in | 7 |
| November | 37.7°F | 15.1°F | 26.4°F | 2.00 in | 25.9 in | 10 |
| December | 28.0°F | 7.1°F | 17.6°F | 1.73 in | 28.0 in | 11 |
Climate twins of Vail
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