How extreme does Steamboat Springs's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Steamboat Springs has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 16 years of daily weather observations (2010–present), from the Steamboat Springs 0.6 Nnw station. Updated through May 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Steamboat Springs has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🌧️ Most rain in one day

1.57 in Jul 7, 2012

The three most extreme on record

1 1.57 in Jul 7, 2012

2 1.43 in Jan 18, 2019

3 1.42 in Oct 23, 2010

⛄ Most snow in one day

15.7 in Feb 7, 2020

The three most extreme on record

1 15.7 in Feb 7, 2020

2 13.2 in Jan 14, 2024

3 12.5 in Jan 31, 2013

In plain terms

A single day has delivered over 2 inches of rain or close to 16 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

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.

How we build these numbers →

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