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Steamboat Springs, Colorado climate

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental

Steamboat Springs has a strongly seasonal cold-temperate climate (Warm-summer humid continental, Köppen Dfb). The hottest month is July with an average daily high near 28°C, while the coldest is January averaging around −16°C at night. Precipitation is fairly even year-round, totalling about 608 mm. Snowfall is heavy (435 cm of snow per year on average).

☀️ Summers

Warm

Highs near 28°C in July.

About 6 days a year above 32 °C

❄️ Winters

Bitterly cold

Lows near −16°C in January.

About 226 freezing nights a year

🌧️ Rain & snow

Moderate rainfall

About 608 mm of rain a year, plus 435 cm of snow.

Snow falls through the winter months

⛅ Sky & trend

Partly cloudy

A roughly even mix of sun and cloud.

+0.5 °C vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation split into rain and snow · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Steamboat Springs climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	−2	1	7	12	18	24	28	27	23	15	6	−1
Avg temp (°C)	−9	−6	−1	4	9	14	18	17	12	6	−1	−8
Avg low (°C)	−16	−14	−9	−4	0	4	7	6	2	−4	−9	−15
Precipitation (mm)	62	52	39	62	60	39	39	46	56	55	47	51
Snowfall (cm)	107	80	44	33	6	1	—	—	1	20	55	88

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	−2	1	7	12	18	24
Avg temp (°C)	−9	−6	−1	4	9	14
Avg low (°C)	−16	−14	−9	−4	0	4
Precipitation (mm)	62	52	39	62	60	39
Snowfall (cm)	107	80	44	33	6	1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	28	27	23	15	6	−1
Avg temp (°C)	18	17	12	6	−1	−8
Avg low (°C)	7	6	2	−4	−9	−15
Precipitation (mm)	39	46	56	55	47	51
Snowfall (cm)	—	—	1	20	55	88

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	14	12	10	11	12	8	9	11	9	8	10	13
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	—	—	—	—	—	0.5	3	2	0.3	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	31	27	30	26	14	3	0.2	0.3	10	26	28	31
Days with snowfall ≥ 2.5 cm (days)	11	9	6	5	0.9	0.1	—	—	0.1	2	6	10

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	14	12	10	11	12	8
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	—	—	—	—	—	0.5
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	31	27	30	26	14	3
Days with snowfall ≥ 2.5 cm (days)	11	9	6	5	0.9	0.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	9	11	9	8	10	13
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	3	2	0.3	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	0.2	0.3	10	26	28	31
Days with snowfall ≥ 2.5 cm (days)	—	—	0.1	2	6	10

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	61	65	66	69	65	48	51	54	47	52	59	62
Relative humidity (%)	97	97	87	72	65	54	51	52	53	62	78	93
Wind speed (mph)	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.2	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	1.0	1.4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	61	65	66	69	65	48
Relative humidity (%)	97	97	87	72	65	54
Wind speed (mph)	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.2	0.6	0.5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	51	54	47	52	59	62
Relative humidity (%)	51	52	53	62	78	93
Wind speed (mph)	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	1.0	1.4

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.

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.

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