Watkins weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Watkins, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Denver Area, 18 km from Watkins; records cover 1872–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 14.5 in368 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 8
- First fall freeze
- Oct 5
- Heating degree days
- 5,863
- 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 −3°−19° (heating, 99%) and 98°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Watkins in January
Highs average 45°7° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.38 in9.7 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1888)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1875)
- Heating degree days
- 1034
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Watkins in February
Highs average 46°8° and lows 20°−7°, with 0.41 in10 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2017)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 904
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Watkins in March
Highs average 56°13° and lows 28°−2°, with 0.86 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2026)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1886)
- Heating degree days
- 726
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Watkins in April
Highs average 62°17° and lows 34°1°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1992)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 517
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Watkins in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 44°6°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1942)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 261
- Cooling degree days
- 26
Watkins in June
Highs average 83°29° and lows 53°12°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (2012)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 52
- Cooling degree days
- 147
Watkins in July
Highs average 90°32° and lows 60°16°, with 2.1 in54 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (2005)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1873)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 315
Watkins in August
Highs average 88°31° and lows 58°15°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1878)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1904)
- Heating degree days
- 9
- Cooling degree days
- 254
Watkins in September
Highs average 80°26° and lows 50°10°, with 1.4 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2020)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 105
- Cooling degree days
- 99
Watkins in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°19° and lows 37°3°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1892)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 436
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Watkins in November
Highs average 53°12° and lows 26°−3°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2025)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1877)
- Heating degree days
- 767
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Watkins in December
Highs average 44°7° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.35 in8.9 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1939)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1876)
- Heating degree days
- 1048
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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