Walsenburg weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Walsenburg, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at WALSENBURG 1 NW, 1 km from Walsenburg; records cover 1934–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 17.3 in439 mm
- Snow a year
- 92 in233 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 11
- First fall freeze
- Oct 6
- Heating degree days
- 5,463
- Cooling degree days
- 622
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
Walsenburg in January
Highs average 47°8° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.83 in21 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1937)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 961
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Walsenburg in February
Highs average 49°10° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.82 in21 mm of precipitation and 13 in33 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1982)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 829
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Walsenburg in March
Highs average 57°14° and lows 27°−3°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation and 17 in44 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2026)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 708
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Walsenburg in April
Highs average 63°17° and lows 34°1°, with 2.3 in57 mm of precipitation and 15 in38 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1989)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 496
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Walsenburg in May
Highs average 73°23° and lows 43°6°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation and 2 in5.1 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2002)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 247
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Walsenburg in June
Highs average 84°29° and lows 52°11°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1981)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1937)
- Heating degree days
- 42
- Cooling degree days
- 121
Walsenburg in July
Highs average 87°31° and lows 58°14°, with 2.2 in57 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1940)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 235
Walsenburg in August
Highs average 85°30° and lows 56°13°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1937)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 185
Walsenburg in September
Highs average 79°26° and lows 48°9°, with 0.85 in22 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2021)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 102
- Cooling degree days
- 60
Walsenburg in OctoberThis month
Highs average 68°20° and lows 37°3°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1935)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 390
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Walsenburg in November
Highs average 56°13° and lows 28°−2°, with 1 in25 mm of precipitation and 13 in32 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1935)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 696
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Walsenburg in December
Highs average 47°8° and lows 20°−6°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 13 in34 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1939)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 978
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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