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Castries vs Steamboat Springs

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Comparing Castries change · Steamboat Springs change

Bottom line

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 23°C on the annual average; Castries is the wetter, with 1354 mm more rain a year, and Castries the sunnier.

Warmer Castries 23°C on the year
Wetter Castries 1354 mm more a year
Sunnier Castries 11 pp less cloud
Colder winters Steamboat Springs 41°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Castries and Steamboat Springs, in everyday terms.

Summers

Summers are nearly the same

Castries: Warm
Steamboat Springs: Warm

Winters

Castries has far milder winters

Castries: Stays warm
Steamboat Springs: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Castries is much wetter

Castries: Very wet
Steamboat Springs: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Castries is sunnier

Castries: Fairly sunny
Steamboat Springs: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 23°C on the annual average.

-20°20°40° JanAprJulOct CastriesSteamboat Springs

Precipitation

Castries is the wetter — about 1354 mm more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (mm) 0150300 JanAprJulOct CastriesSteamboat Springs

Clear skies

Castries has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct CastriesSteamboat Springs

Exact monthly numbers

Tap a metric to open its full table. Desktop shows all twelve months; on a phone each metric splits into Jan–Jun and Jul–Dec.

Avg high (°C) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries272727282828282929292827
Steamboat Springs-217121824282723156-1
Difference-28-26-20-15-10-4-1-6-13-22-29
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries272727282828
Steamboat Springs-217121824
Difference-28-26-20-15-10-4
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries282929292827
Steamboat Springs282723156-1
Difference-1-6-13-22-29
Avg low (°C) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries262525262727272828282726
Steamboat Springs-16-14-9-404762-4-9-15
Difference-41-39-34-30-26-24-20-21-26-31-36-41
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries262525262727
Steamboat Springs-16-14-9-404
Difference-41-39-34-30-26-24
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries272828282726
Steamboat Springs762-4-9-15
Difference-20-21-26-31-36-41
Precipitation (mm) Castries runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries113766690114134216291224246243149
Steamboat Springs625239626039394656554751
Difference-51-24-27-28-54-95-177-245-168-192-195-99
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries113766690114134
Steamboat Springs625239626039
Difference-51-24-27-28-54-95
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries216291224246243149
Steamboat Springs394656554751
Difference-177-245-168-192-195-99
Snowfall (cm)
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries
Steamboat Springs10780443361001205588
Difference
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries
Steamboat Springs10780443361
Difference
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries
Steamboat Springs001205588
Difference
Cloud cover (%) Steamboat Springs runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries383942495259504651514641
Steamboat Springs616566696548515447525962
Difference+22+26+24+20+13-11+1+8-3+1+12+22
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries383942495259
Steamboat Springs616566696548
Difference+22+26+24+20+13-11
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries504651514641
Steamboat Springs515447525962
Difference+1+8-3+1+12+22
Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries767575767779797979797977
Steamboat Springs979787726554515253627893
Difference+22+22+12-4-12-25-28-27-26-17-1+17
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Castries767575767779
Steamboat Springs979787726554
Difference+22+22+12-4-12-25
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Castries797979797977
Steamboat Springs515253627893
Difference-28-27-26-17-1+17

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Castries trends → · Steamboat Springs trends →

Methodology & sources

Castries

Temperature — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

Precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 10 years of daily observations at LE Lamentin, a weather station, about 66 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Steamboat Springs

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Steamboat Springs, a weather station, inside the city. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

How we build these numbers →