Steamboat Springs weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Steamboat Springs, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, 1 km from Steamboat Springs; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 24.7 in627 mm
- Snow a year
- 185 in469 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 10
- First fall freeze
- Sep 8
- Heating degree days
- 8,872
- Cooling degree days
- 75
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 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Steamboat Springs in January
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 5°−15°, with 2.5 in62 mm of precipitation and 47 in118 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 57°14° (1910)
- Record low
- −54°−48° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 1491
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Steamboat Springs in February
Highs average 34°1° and lows 8°−13°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation and 36 in91 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1947)
- Record low
- −48°−44° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 1229
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Steamboat Springs in March
Highs average 45°7° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation and 20 in50 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2026)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1048
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Steamboat Springs in April
Highs average 54°12° and lows 27°−3°, with 2.5 in65 mm of precipitation and 13 in34 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1943)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 734
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Steamboat Springs in May
Highs average 65°18° and lows 34°1°, with 2.7 in67 mm of precipitation and 2.8 in7.1 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1897)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 478
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Steamboat Springs in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 39°4°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1990)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 228
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Steamboat Springs in July
Highs average 83°28° and lows 46°8°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1897)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 61
- Cooling degree days
- 44
Steamboat Springs in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 44°7°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2001)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 93
- Cooling degree days
- 26
Steamboat Springs in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 36°2°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1908)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 313
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Steamboat Springs in OctoberThis month
Highs average 59°15° and lows 26°−3°, with 2.2 in56 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1910)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 691
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Steamboat Springs in November
Highs average 43°6° and lows 16°−9°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation and 23 in59 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1909)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 1060
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Steamboat Springs in December
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 6°−14°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation and 36 in91 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 64°18° (1939)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 1446
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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