Crested Butte weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Crested Butte, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at CRESTED BUTTE, 1 km from Crested Butte; records cover 1910–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 23.8 in604 mm
- Snow a year
- 203 in516 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 26
- First fall freeze
- Jul 10
- Heating degree days
- 11,211
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −25°−32° (heating, 99%) and 83°28° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Crested Butte in January
Highs average 26°−3° and lows −6°−21°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation and 42 in107 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 54°12° (1927)
- Record low
- −43°−42° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 1716
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crested Butte in February
Highs average 29°−1° and lows −2°−19°, with 2.5 in65 mm of precipitation and 35 in89 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 52°11° (1961)
- Record low
- −47°−44° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 1438
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crested Butte in March
Highs average 38°3° and lows 7°−14°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation and 29 in74 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2026)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 1319
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crested Butte in April
Highs average 47°8° and lows 19°−7°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 19 in49 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1943)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 960
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crested Butte in May
Highs average 58°15° and lows 29°−2°, with 1.5 in39 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1956)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1953)
- Heating degree days
- 670
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crested Butte in June
Highs average 70°21° and lows 34°1°, with 0.93 in24 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical June.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2012)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1920)
- Heating degree days
- 392
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crested Butte in July
Highs average 76°24° and lows 40°4°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1936)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1921)
- Heating degree days
- 224
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Crested Butte in August
Highs average 74°23° and lows 38°4°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1936)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1920)
- Heating degree days
- 281
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crested Butte in September
Highs average 66°19° and lows 31°0°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation and 1.2 in3 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1936)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1921)
- Heating degree days
- 494
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crested Butte in OctoberThis month
Highs average 54°12° and lows 22°−6°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1922)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 832
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crested Butte in November
Highs average 39°4° and lows 9°−13°, with 2 in52 mm of precipitation and 25 in64 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1915)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 1220
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crested Butte in December
Highs average 27°−3° and lows −4°−20°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation and 35 in89 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 60°16° (1917)
- Record low
- −39° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 1665
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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