Ridgway weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ridgway, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at RIDGWAY, 1 km from Ridgway; records cover 1982–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 16.1 in409 mm
- Snow a year
- 81 in206 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 11
- First fall freeze
- Sep 13
- Heating degree days
- 7,695
- Cooling degree days
- 110
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −12°−24° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ridgway in January
Highs average 40°5° and lows 7°−14°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 14 in35 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 62°17° (2003)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1290
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ridgway in February
Highs average 44°7° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.92 in23 mm of precipitation and 13 in32 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 67°19° (2025)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1037
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ridgway in March
Highs average 53°11° and lows 20°−7°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation and 14 in35 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2026)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 888
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ridgway in April
Highs average 59°15° and lows 26°−3°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2012)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 675
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ridgway in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 34°1°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2003)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 415
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Ridgway in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 39°4°, with 0.81 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2021)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 155
- Cooling degree days
- 15
Ridgway in July
Highs average 85°30° and lows 46°8°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2023)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1987)
- Heating degree days
- 38
- Cooling degree days
- 64
Ridgway in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 45°7°, with 2 in52 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2025)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 76
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Ridgway in September
Highs average 76°24° and lows 36°2°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2019)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 272
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Ridgway in OctoberThis month
Highs average 64°18° and lows 26°−4°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2024)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 626
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ridgway in November
Highs average 51°10° and lows 16°−9°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 11 in29 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2006)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 944
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ridgway in December
Highs average 40°4° and lows 8°−14°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 16 in42 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1995)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1279
- Cooling degree days
- 0
UniColorado Heating & Cooling, a Denver HVAC installer
UniColorado Heating & Cooling installs heat pumps, furnaces and air conditioning across the Front Range. 12,000+ heat pumps installed since 2014.