Crestone weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Crestone, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at CRESTONE 2 SE, 2 km from Crestone; records cover 1982–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 12.4 in316 mm
- Snow a year
- 59 in149 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 28
- First fall freeze
- Sep 22
- Heating degree days
- 7,896
- Cooling degree days
- 102
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −6°−21° (heating, 99%) and 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Crestone in January
Highs average 33°1° and lows 9°−13°, with 0.5 in13 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1986)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 1361
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crestone in February
Highs average 39°4° and lows 15°−10°, with 0.48 in12 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2006)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 1075
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crestone in March
Highs average 49°9° and lows 22°−5°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation and 9 in24 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2026)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 913
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crestone in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1992)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 681
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crestone in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 36°2°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation and 2.5 in6.4 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2002)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 424
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Crestone in June
Highs average 78°25° and lows 45°7°, with 0.83 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1990)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 130
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Crestone in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 50°10°, with 2.1 in54 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2005)
- Record low
- 34°1° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 36
- Cooling degree days
- 53
Crestone in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 48°9°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2024)
- Record low
- 34°1° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 76
- Cooling degree days
- 26
Crestone in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 42°5°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2019)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 251
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Crestone in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°15° and lows 31°−1°, with 0.91 in23 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2003)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 614
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crestone in November
Highs average 45°7° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.66 in17 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1999)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 988
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crestone in December
Highs average 33°1° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.58 in15 mm of precipitation and 9 in24 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 59°15° (2021)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1347
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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