Alma weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Alma, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at LEADVILLE LAKE COUNTY AP, 22 km from Alma; records cover 1976–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 13.5 in343 mm
- Snow a year
- 157 in399 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 27
- First fall freeze
- Jul 12
- Heating degree days
- 11,061
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −14°−26° (heating, 99%) and 79°26° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Alma in January
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 5°−15°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation and 19 in48 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 57°14° (1996)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1486
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Alma in February
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 6°−15°, with 0.91 in23 mm of precipitation and 20 in51 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 54°12° (1995)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1312
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Alma in March
Highs average 37°3° and lows 12°−11°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 21 in54 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2026)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 1252
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Alma in April
Highs average 43°6° and lows 19°−7°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 27 in68 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1992)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 1018
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Alma in May
Highs average 54°12° and lows 27°−3°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 12 in30 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2002)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 749
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Alma in June
Highs average 66°19° and lows 34°1°, with 0.82 in21 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical June.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1990)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1981)
- Heating degree days
- 447
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Alma in July
Highs average 71°22° and lows 39°4°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical July.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2023)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 307
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Alma in August
Highs average 68°20° and lows 38°3°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2024)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 369
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Alma in September
Highs average 62°16° and lows 32°0°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1978)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 554
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Alma in OctoberThis month
Highs average 50°10° and lows 24°−5°, with 0.9 in23 mm of precipitation and 14 in35 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2003)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 876
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Alma in November
Highs average 37°3° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.86 in22 mm of precipitation and 25 in64 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 66°19° (1999)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 1206
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Alma in December
Highs average 29°−1° and lows 5°−15°, with 0.88 in22 mm of precipitation and 18 in45 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 56°13° (2003)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1485
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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