Ouray weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ouray, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at TELLURIDE 4WNW, 20 km from Ouray; records cover 1900–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 20.4 in517 mm
- Snow a year
- 131 in332 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 23
- First fall freeze
- Aug 11
- Heating degree days
- 9,781
- Cooling degree days
- 1
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 84°29° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ouray in January
Highs average 36°2° and lows 0°−18°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 24 in60 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1911)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 1449
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ouray in February
Highs average 38°3° and lows 5°−15°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 22 in56 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1932)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 1219
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ouray in March
Highs average 44°7° and lows 13°−11°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 23 in58 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2026)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 1138
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ouray in April
Highs average 51°10° and lows 22°−6°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 13 in33 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1981)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 858
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ouray in May
Highs average 60°16° and lows 29°−2°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1984)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 632
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ouray in June
Highs average 73°23° and lows 34°1°, with 0.85 in22 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical June.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1901)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1937)
- Heating degree days
- 350
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ouray in July
Highs average 77°25° and lows 41°5°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1922)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1941)
- Heating degree days
- 196
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Ouray in August
Highs average 74°23° and lows 40°5°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1979)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 244
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ouray in September
Highs average 68°20° and lows 34°1°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1948)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1931)
- Heating degree days
- 426
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ouray in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1980)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 763
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ouray in November
Highs average 45°7° and lows 13°−11°, with 1.5 in39 mm of precipitation and 19 in47 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1941)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1931)
- Heating degree days
- 1080
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ouray in December
Highs average 36°2° and lows 2°−17°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 19 in49 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 61°16° (2025)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 1426
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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