La Junta weather by month
What a typical year looks like in La Junta, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at La Junta Municipal Airport, 8 km from La Junta; records cover 1945–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 11.3 in288 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 23
- First fall freeze
- Oct 10
- Heating degree days
- 5,036
- Cooling degree days
- 1,356
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 1°−17° (heating, 99%) and 103°39° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
La Junta in January
Highs average 47°8° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.21 in5.3 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1982)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1014
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Junta in February
Highs average 51°10° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.25 in6.4 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2017)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 815
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Junta in March
Highs average 61°16° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.71 in18 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2026)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 607
- Cooling degree days
- 1
La Junta in April
Highs average 69°20° and lows 38°3°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1981)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 360
- Cooling degree days
- 7
La Junta in May
Highs average 79°26° and lows 48°9°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2002)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 129
- Cooling degree days
- 80
La Junta in June
Highs average 90°32° and lows 58°15°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1990)
- Record low
- 38°3° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 286
La Junta in July
Highs average 95°35° and lows 64°18°, with 2.2 in56 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1964)
- Record low
- 48°9° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 436
La Junta in August
Highs average 92°33° and lows 62°17°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 108°42° (2008)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 368
La Junta in September
Highs average 84°29° and lows 53°12°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 108°42° (2020)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 55
- Cooling degree days
- 163
La Junta in OctoberThis month
Highs average 71°21° and lows 39°4°, with 0.94 in24 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1975)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 336
- Cooling degree days
- 15
La Junta in November
Highs average 57°14° and lows 27°−3°, with 0.37 in9.4 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2017)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 695
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Junta in December
Highs average 46°8° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.26 in6.6 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1980)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1013
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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