Valdez weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Valdez, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at TRINIDAD, 18 km from Valdez; records cover 1899–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 14.9 in378 mm
- Snow a year
- 55 in140 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 2
- First fall freeze
- Oct 7
- Heating degree days
- 4,845
- Cooling degree days
- 849
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 1°−17° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Valdez in January
Highs average 50°10° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.54 in14 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1997)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 907
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valdez in February
Highs average 52°11° and lows 24°−4°, with 0.47 in12 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1957)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 759
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valdez in March
Highs average 59°15° and lows 32°0°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 10 in24 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2026)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1922)
- Heating degree days
- 611
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valdez in April
Highs average 66°19° and lows 38°3°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2020)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 402
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Valdez in May
Highs average 75°24° and lows 47°8°, with 1.5 in39 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2000)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 174
- Cooling degree days
- 44
Valdez in June
Highs average 85°29° and lows 56°13°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1994)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 20
- Cooling degree days
- 180
Valdez in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 61°16°, with 2.6 in67 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2005)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1903)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 288
Valdez in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 59°15°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2026)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 228
Valdez in September
Highs average 80°26° and lows 52°11°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1938)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 69
- Cooling degree days
- 98
Valdez in OctoberThis month
Highs average 69°21° and lows 40°5°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1926)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1906)
- Heating degree days
- 332
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Valdez in November
Highs average 57°14° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1927)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 648
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valdez in December
Highs average 49°9° and lows 22°−5°, with 0.54 in14 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1964)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 917
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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