Southern Ute weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Southern Ute, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Durango La Plata County Airport, 17 km from Southern Ute; records cover 1996–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 13.5 in343 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 30
- First fall freeze
- Sep 27
- Heating degree days
- 7,031
- Cooling degree days
- 290
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −7°−22° (heating, 99%) and 93°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Southern Ute in January
Highs average 38°3° and lows 10°−12°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1997)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 1279
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Southern Ute in February
Highs average 43°6° and lows 16°−9°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2026)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 988
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Southern Ute in March
Highs average 53°12° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2026)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 840
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Southern Ute in April
Highs average 62°16° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2012)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 609
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Southern Ute in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 35°2°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2002)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 378
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Southern Ute in June
Highs average 83°28° and lows 43°6°, with 0.45 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2021)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 106
- Cooling degree days
- 36
Southern Ute in July
Highs average 87°30° and lows 52°11°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2021)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 147
Southern Ute in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 51°11°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2026)
- Record low
- 36°2° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 96
Southern Ute in September
Highs average 77°25° and lows 43°6°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2022)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 174
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Southern Ute in OctoberThis month
Highs average 64°18° and lows 31°−1°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2010)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 553
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Southern Ute in November
Highs average 51°10° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1999)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 873
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Southern Ute in December
Highs average 39°4° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1996)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 1207
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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