Vilas, CO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from WALSH 1 W, CO US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Vilas has an annual average temperature of 54.2°F with about 19.5 inches of precipitation per year and 23 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 92.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low 18.9°F). July is typically the wettest month (3.57 in) and February the driest (0.40 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Annual swing
45.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
4,896
Cooling need
1,011

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

121 of 366 (33.1%) of Vilas'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.

1940s
0
1950s
0
1960s
8
1970s
34
1980s
67
1990s
42
2000s
65
2010s
66
2020s
84

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 46.2°F 18.9°F 32.6°F 0.46 in 4.5 in 3
February 50.2°F 21.3°F 35.7°F 0.40 in 3.4 in 3
March 59.5°F 28.6°F 44.1°F 1.06 in 4.2 in 5
April 67.6°F 36.7°F 52.2°F 1.65 in 1.8 in 7
May 77.5°F 47.1°F 62.3°F 2.12 in 0.2 in 8
June 88.4°F 57.6°F 73.0°F 2.60 in 8
July 92.9°F 62.5°F 77.7°F 3.57 in 9
August 89.7°F 61.0°F 75.3°F 3.26 in 8
September 82.6°F 52.8°F 67.7°F 1.43 in 5
October 69.9°F 39.2°F 54.5°F 1.64 in 1.0 in 5
November 56.5°F 28.2°F 42.3°F 0.58 in 2.6 in 4
December 46.5°F 19.8°F 33.1°F 0.76 in 5.3 in 4

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