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Carmel-by-the-Sea vs Crested Butte

Csb Warm-summer MediterraneanDfc Subarctic

Comparing Carmel-by-the-Sea change · Crested Butte change

Bottom line

Carmel-by-the-Sea is the warmer of the two — about 13°C on the annual average; Crested Butte is the wetter, with 211 mm more rain a year, and Carmel-by-the-Sea the sunnier.

Warmer Carmel-by-the-Sea 13°C on the year
Wetter Crested Butte 211 mm more a year
Sunnier Carmel-by-the-Sea 14 pp less cloud
Colder winters Crested Butte 26°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Carmel-by-the-Sea and Crested Butte, in everyday terms.

Summers

Summers are nearly the same

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Mild
Crested Butte: Mild

Winters

Carmel-by-the-Sea has far milder winters

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Cool
Crested Butte: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Crested Butte is wetter

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fairly dry
Crested Butte: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Carmel-by-the-Sea is sunnier

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fairly sunny
Crested Butte: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Carmel-by-the-Sea is the warmer of the two — about 13°C on the annual average.

-20°0°20°40° JanAprJulOct Carmel-by-the-SeaCrested Butte

Precipitation

Crested Butte is the wetter — about 211 mm more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (mm) 04590 JanAprJulOct Carmel-by-the-SeaCrested Butte

Clear skies

Carmel-by-the-Sea has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct Carmel-by-the-SeaCrested Butte

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°C) Carmel-by-the-Sea runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Carmel-by-the-Sea171819202021222324232017
Crested Butte-3-1481521252319134-3
Difference-21-19-15-12-6—+3+1-5-11-16-20
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Carmel-by-the-Sea171819202021
Crested Butte-3-1481521
Difference-21-19-15-12-6—
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Carmel-by-the-Sea222324232017
Crested Butte252319134-3
Difference+3+1-5-11-16-20
Avg low (°C) Carmel-by-the-Sea runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Carmel-by-the-Sea5677911121211965
Crested Butte-21-19-14-7-2144-0-6-13-20
Difference-26-24-20-14-11-10-8-9-12-15-19-24
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Carmel-by-the-Sea5677911
Crested Butte-21-19-14-7-21
Difference-26-24-20-14-11-10
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Carmel-by-the-Sea121211965
Crested Butte44-0-6-13-20
Difference-8-9-12-15-19-24
Precipitation (mm) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Carmel-by-the-Sea83766227122012154070
Crested Butte696554513824505049435157
Difference-14-11-9+24+26+22+50+49+47+28+11-13
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Carmel-by-the-Sea83766227122
Crested Butte696554513824
Difference-14-11-9+24+26+22
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Carmel-by-the-Sea012154070
Crested Butte505049435157
Difference+50+49+47+28+11-13
Snowfall (cm) Crested Butte runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Carmel-by-the-Sea000000000000
Crested Butte106906946171003206688
Difference+106+90+69+46+17+1——+3+20+66+88
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Carmel-by-the-Sea000000
Crested Butte106906946171
Difference+106+90+69+46+17+1
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Carmel-by-the-Sea000000
Crested Butte003206688
Difference——+3+20+66+88
Cloud cover (%) Crested Butte runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Carmel-by-the-Sea505148433933353330313948
Crested Butte546060636146575846444954
Difference+4+9+12+20+22+13+22+25+16+13+10+5
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Carmel-by-the-Sea505148433933
Crested Butte546060636146
Difference+4+9+12+20+22+13
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Carmel-by-the-Sea353330313948
Crested Butte575846444954
Difference+22+25+16+13+10+5
Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Carmel-by-the-Sea818384838382838380777879
Crested Butte919489766452565957637789
Difference+10+11+6-7-19-30-27-24-23-15-2+10
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Carmel-by-the-Sea818384838382
Crested Butte919489766452
Difference+10+11+6-7-19-30
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Carmel-by-the-Sea838380777879
Crested Butte565957637789
Difference-27-24-23-15-2+10

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. Carmel-by-the-Sea trends → · Crested Butte trends →

Methodology & sources

Carmel-by-the-Sea

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Salinas #2 (NOAA GHCN station USC00047668), about 26 km from the city centre.

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.

Crested Butte

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Crested Butte, a weather station, about 1 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.

How we build these numbers →

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