What is the hottest month in Colorado Springs?

July is Colorado Springs's hottest month, with the highest average daily high of the year. The month-by-month table above shows Colorado Springs's exact average high and low for each month, based on the 1991–2020 climate normals — the standard 30-year reference period meteorologists use.

What is the coldest month in Colorado Springs?

January is Colorado Springs's coldest month, with the lowest average daily low of the year. The averages-by-month chart above gives the exact average high and low for every month, so you can see how cold a typical winter day runs.

How much does it rain in Colorado Springs?

Colorado Springs's total annual precipitation and its wettest and driest months are shown in the rainfall-by-month section above. Those figures are 1991–2020 normals — the average monthly precipitation total across that 30-year window — so they reflect a typical year rather than any single wet or dry season.

What months are best to visit Colorado Springs?

The most comfortable months in Colorado Springs are usually the shoulder seasons — spring and fall — when temperatures sit between the summer peak and winter low and rainfall is moderate. Compare the average high, low, and precipitation for each month in the table above to pick the window that fits the weather you want.

Has Colorado Springs gotten hotter?

Yes. The warming-stripes chart above plots Colorado Springs's annual mean temperature for every complete year of station data from 1949 to 2025, and the trend line fitted to 1949–2025 rises about 2.8°F (+0.37°F per decade) — recent decades average warmer than the start of that window.

What is the record high temperature in Colorado Springs?

Colorado Springs's all-time record high — the hottest single day in the station record — is shown in the records section above, along with the date it occurred. Records are drawn from the nearest long-term weather station's full daily history, which begins in 1948, so they capture the most extreme heat on record, not just a typical summer day.

What is the record low temperature in Colorado Springs?

Colorado Springs's all-time record low and the date it was set appear in the records section above. Like the record high, it comes from the station's full daily history back to 1948, so it reflects the coldest day on record rather than an average winter low.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Climate

Colorado Springs weather by month — average highs and lows, rainfall, all-time records, and the warming record since 1949

Hottest month: 87°FJuly average high
Coldest month: 19°FJanuary average low
Precipitation: 15.9 ina year
Snowfall: 32.5 ina year

1991–2020 NOAA climate normals

At 8:15 AM MDT on Sep 21 it was 54°F in Colorado Springs — 3° above the 51°F typical for that hour (estimated from the Sep 21 normal high of 75°F and low of 46°F, interpolated from the monthly normals).

Colorado Springs weather by month

Average high, low, and rainfall for every month, from Colorado Springs’s 1991–2020 climate normals, the standard 30-year reference period. Each band runs from the month’s average low to its average high: a tall band is a big day-to-night swing.

45°19°

0.3″Jan

47°20°

0.3″Feb

55°27°

0.8″Mar

61°34°

1.4″Apr

71°44°

2.0″May

82°53°

2.3″Jun

87°58°

3.1″Jul

84°57°

3.0″Aug

77°49°

1.4″Sep

65°37°

0.8″Oct

53°26°

0.4″Nov

45°19°

0.2″Dec

Average high → low (°F)Rainfall (inches)1991–2020 normals

Colorado Springs monthly weather averages — average high, average low, and rainfall for each month, from the 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals (NOAA).
Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Rainfall
January	45°F	19°F	0.3 in
February	47°F	20°F	0.3 in
March	55°F	27°F	0.8 in
April	61°F	34°F	1.4 in
May	71°F	44°F	2.0 in
June	82°F	53°F	2.3 in
July	87°F	58°F	3.1 in
August	84°F	57°F	3.0 in
September	77°F	49°F	1.4 in
October	65°F	37°F	0.8 in
November	53°F	26°F	0.4 in
December	45°F	19°F	0.2 in
Annual	64°F	37°F	15.9 in

Colorado Springs’s warming record since 1949

Colorado Springs has warmed 2.8°F since 1949 (+0.37°F per decade, 1949–2025 trend)

Not what a typical year looks like, but how the typical year has changed. Each stripe is one complete year’s average temperature at the station, 1949 to 2025, colored against the mean of those years: blue for cooler years, red for warmer ones. The figure under the stripes is the least-squares trend line fitted to 1949–2025 — Colorado Springs averages about 2.8°F warmer by that trend than in 1949.

Compared with the national rankingThe fastest-warming cities ranking fits every city to the same years, 1970–2025, so rates compare like for like. Over that window Colorado Springs warms at +0.64°F per decade, #26 of 66. The figure above uses the station’s own record, 1949–2025, so the two rates differ.

Colorado Springs rainfall by month

Colorado Springs averages 15.9 inches of precipitation a year. The wettest month is July and the driest is December.

Colorado Springs also averages 32.5 inches of snowfall a year.

Colorado Springs temperature records

All-time record high: 101°Fset June 26, 2012
All-time record low: -27°Fset February 1, 1951

Records are drawn from the nearest long-term weather station’s full daily history, so they capture the most extreme single day Colorado Springs has recorded — not a typical seasonal high or low.

Frequently asked

What is the hottest month in Colorado Springs?: July is Colorado Springs's hottest month, with the highest average daily high of the year. The month-by-month table above shows Colorado Springs's exact average high and low for each month, based on the 1991–2020 climate normals — the standard 30-year reference period meteorologists use.
What is the coldest month in Colorado Springs?: January is Colorado Springs's coldest month, with the lowest average daily low of the year. The averages-by-month chart above gives the exact average high and low for every month, so you can see how cold a typical winter day runs.
How much does it rain in Colorado Springs?: Colorado Springs's total annual precipitation and its wettest and driest months are shown in the rainfall-by-month section above. Those figures are 1991–2020 normals — the average monthly precipitation total across that 30-year window — so they reflect a typical year rather than any single wet or dry season.
What months are best to visit Colorado Springs?: The most comfortable months in Colorado Springs are usually the shoulder seasons — spring and fall — when temperatures sit between the summer peak and winter low and rainfall is moderate. Compare the average high, low, and precipitation for each month in the table above to pick the window that fits the weather you want.
Has Colorado Springs gotten hotter?: Yes. The warming-stripes chart above plots Colorado Springs's annual mean temperature for every complete year of station data from 1949 to 2025, and the trend line fitted to 1949–2025 rises about 2.8°F (+0.37°F per decade) — recent decades average warmer than the start of that window.
What is the record high temperature in Colorado Springs?: Colorado Springs's all-time record high — the hottest single day in the station record — is shown in the records section above, along with the date it occurred. Records are drawn from the nearest long-term weather station's full daily history, which begins in 1948, so they capture the most extreme heat on record, not just a typical summer day.
What is the record low temperature in Colorado Springs?: Colorado Springs's all-time record low and the date it was set appear in the records section above. Like the record high, it comes from the station's full daily history back to 1948, so it reflects the coldest day on record rather than an average winter low.