Ignacio weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ignacio, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Durango La Plata County Airport, 11 km from Ignacio; records cover 1996–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 13.5 in343 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 30
- First fall freeze
- Sep 27
- Heating degree days
- 7,031
- Cooling degree days
- 290
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −7°−22° (heating, 99%) and 93°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ignacio in January
Highs average 38°3° and lows 10°−12°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1997)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 1279
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ignacio in February
Highs average 43°6° and lows 16°−9°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2026)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 988
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ignacio in March
Highs average 53°12° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2026)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 840
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ignacio in April
Highs average 62°16° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2012)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 609
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ignacio in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 35°2°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2002)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 378
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Ignacio in June
Highs average 83°28° and lows 43°6°, with 0.45 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2021)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 106
- Cooling degree days
- 36
Ignacio in July
Highs average 87°30° and lows 52°11°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2021)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 147
Ignacio in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 51°11°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2026)
- Record low
- 36°2° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 96
Ignacio in September
Highs average 77°25° and lows 43°6°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2022)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 174
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Ignacio in OctoberThis month
Highs average 64°18° and lows 31°−1°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2010)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 553
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ignacio in November
Highs average 51°10° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1999)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 873
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ignacio in December
Highs average 39°4° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1996)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 1207
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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