Minturn weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Minturn, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Climax, 25 km from Minturn; records cover 1895–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 25.2 in641 mm
- Snow a year
- 295 in749 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 21
- First fall freeze
- Aug 17
- Heating degree days
- 11,931
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −16°−27° (heating, 99%) and 74°23° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Minturn in January
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 3°−16°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation and 45 in113 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 50°10° (1997)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 1556
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Minturn in February
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 3°−16°, with 2.1 in52 mm of precipitation and 41 in103 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 53°12° (1989)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 1370
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Minturn in March
Highs average 35°2° and lows 8°−13°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation and 43 in108 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 60°16° (2026)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 1338
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Minturn in April
Highs average 40°5° and lows 15°−9°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 47 in118 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 62°17° (2019)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1973)
- Heating degree days
- 1120
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Minturn in May
Highs average 49°9° and lows 25°−4°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation and 19 in48 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2002)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1896)
- Heating degree days
- 877
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Minturn in June
Highs average 61°16° and lows 34°1°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical June.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1981)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 519
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Minturn in July
Highs average 67°19° and lows 40°4°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical July.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1981)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 360
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Minturn in August
Highs average 64°18° and lows 39°4°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical August.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1981)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 418
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Minturn in September
Highs average 58°15° and lows 32°0°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1981)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 600
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Minturn in OctoberThis month
Highs average 47°8° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 22 in57 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1980)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 966
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Minturn in November
Highs average 35°2° and lows 11°−11°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 34 in86 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 60°16° (1996)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 1252
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Minturn in December
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 3°−16°, with 2.1 in52 mm of precipitation and 39 in98 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 52°11° (1975)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1555
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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