Durango weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Durango, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at FORT LEWIS, 16 km from Durango; records cover 1917–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 0 in0 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 3
- First fall freeze
- Sep 22
- Heating degree days
- 7,625
- Cooling degree days
- 111
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 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Durango in January
Highs average 36°2° and lows 12°−11°, with — of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 60°16° (1953)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 1272
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Durango in February
Highs average 40°4° and lows 17°−9°, with — of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 61°16° (2026)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 1036
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Durango in March
Highs average 48°9° and lows 23°−5°, with — of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2026)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 918
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Durango in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 29°−2°, with — of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2000)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1953)
- Heating degree days
- 678
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Durango in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 36°2°, with — of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1984)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1953)
- Heating degree days
- 445
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Durango in June
Highs average 76°25° and lows 43°6°, with — of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1974)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 173
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Durango in July
Highs average 80°27° and lows 51°11°, with — of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1973)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 36
- Cooling degree days
- 58
Durango in August
Highs average 78°26° and lows 50°10°, with — of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2002)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 64
- Cooling degree days
- 35
Durango in September
Highs average 71°22° and lows 43°6°, with — of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1995)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 243
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Durango in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°15° and lows 32°0°, with — of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1979)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 597
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Durango in November
Highs average 46°8° and lows 22°−5°, with — of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1999)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1931)
- Heating degree days
- 921
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Durango in December
Highs average 36°2° and lows 14°−10°, with — of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 63°17° (1939)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1242
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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