Buena Vista weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Buena Vista, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at BUENA VISTA 2S, 1 km from Buena Vista; records cover 1905–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 9.9 in252 mm
- Snow a year
- 49 in125 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 27
- First fall freeze
- Sep 21
- Heating degree days
- 7,521
- Cooling degree days
- 130
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −8°−22° (heating, 99%) and 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Buena Vista in January
Highs average 41°5° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.33 in8.4 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1920)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 1214
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buena Vista in February
Highs average 43°6° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.44 in11 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1950)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 1033
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buena Vista in March
Highs average 50°10° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.62 in16 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2026)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 905
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buena Vista in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 27°−3°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1927)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1973)
- Heating degree days
- 704
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buena Vista in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 36°2°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1927)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 432
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buena Vista in June
Highs average 78°26° and lows 43°6°, with 0.7 in18 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1927)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 143
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Buena Vista in July
Highs average 83°28° and lows 49°10°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1927)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1928)
- Heating degree days
- 35
- Cooling degree days
- 72
Buena Vista in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 47°8°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1931)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 75
- Cooling degree days
- 35
Buena Vista in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 40°4°, with 0.9 in23 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1908)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 249
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Buena Vista in OctoberThis month
Highs average 62°17° and lows 29°−2°, with 0.8 in20 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1950)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 601
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buena Vista in November
Highs average 50°10° and lows 20°−7°, with 0.44 in11 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1949)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 912
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buena Vista in December
Highs average 40°5° and lows 11°−11°, with 0.43 in11 mm of precipitation and 8 in19 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1935)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 1218
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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