Monte Vista weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Monte Vista, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at DEL NORTE 3ENE, 19 km from Monte Vista; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 9.7 in246 mm
- Snow a year
- 39 in98 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 27
- First fall freeze
- Sep 19
- Heating degree days
- 7,754
- Cooling degree days
- 80
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −10°−23° (heating, 99%) and 86°30° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Monte Vista in January
Highs average 35°1° and lows 7°−14°, with 0.36 in9.1 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 61°16° (1971)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 1367
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Monte Vista in February
Highs average 40°5° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.39 in9.9 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1986)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 1077
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Monte Vista in March
Highs average 52°11° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.72 in18 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2026)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 898
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Monte Vista in April
Highs average 59°15° and lows 27°−3°, with 0.79 in20 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1981)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1973)
- Heating degree days
- 650
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Monte Vista in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 36°2°, with 0.8 in20 mm of precipitation and 1.3 in3.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1984)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1938)
- Heating degree days
- 400
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Monte Vista in June
Highs average 78°25° and lows 44°6°, with 0.6 in15 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2015)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 145
- Cooling degree days
- 13
Monte Vista in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 50°10°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2023)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 40
- Cooling degree days
- 41
Monte Vista in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 49°9°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2026)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 70
- Cooling degree days
- 24
Monte Vista in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 40°5°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1948)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 254
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Monte Vista in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.81 in21 mm of precipitation and 2.5 in6.4 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1980)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1932)
- Heating degree days
- 583
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Monte Vista in November
Highs average 49°9° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.48 in12 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1980)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1931)
- Heating degree days
- 957
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Monte Vista in December
Highs average 36°2° and lows 9°−13°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1958)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 1313
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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