Golden weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Golden, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at EVERGREEN, 15 km from Golden; records cover 1961–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 18.6 in473 mm
- Snow a year
- 81 in205 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 28
- First fall freeze
- Sep 14
- Heating degree days
- 7,468
- Cooling degree days
- 99
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 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Golden in January
Highs average 44°7° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.63 in16 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1974)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 1133
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Golden in February
Highs average 44°7° and lows 13°−10°, with 0.86 in22 mm of precipitation and 11 in29 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1979)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 1011
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Golden in March
Highs average 51°11° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation and 17 in43 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2026)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 901
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Golden in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 27°−3°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation and 15 in38 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1992)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 716
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Golden in May
Highs average 64°18° and lows 36°2°, with 2.5 in63 mm of precipitation and 2.7 in6.9 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2000)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 473
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Golden in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 43°6°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2012)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 183
- Cooling degree days
- 13
Golden in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 49°9°, with 2.2 in56 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1995)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 51
- Cooling degree days
- 54
Golden in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 47°8°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2001)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 86
- Cooling degree days
- 29
Golden in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 40°4°, with 1.6 in39 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1995)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 273
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Golden in OctoberThis month
Highs average 61°16° and lows 29°−2°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1997)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 623
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Golden in November
Highs average 51°11° and lows 20°−7°, with 0.81 in21 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2025)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 880
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Golden in December
Highs average 44°7° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.71 in18 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2021)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1138
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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