Westcliffe weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Westcliffe, Colorado: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at WESTCLIFFE, 0 km from Westcliffe; records cover 1895–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 13.6 in345 mm
- Snow a year
- 84 in214 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 9
- First fall freeze
- Sep 11
- Heating degree days
- 8,094
- Cooling degree days
- 27
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −14°−26° (heating, 99%) and 87°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Westcliffe in January
Highs average 40°4° and lows 8°−13°, with 0.48 in12 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1950)
- Record low
- −41° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1272
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Westcliffe in February
Highs average 42°5° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.58 in15 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1932)
- Record low
- −46°−43° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 1067
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Westcliffe in March
Highs average 50°10° and lows 20°−7°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 15 in38 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2026)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 942
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Westcliffe in April
Highs average 56°14° and lows 26°−4°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation and 20 in50 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1896)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 718
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Westcliffe in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 33°1°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2002)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 479
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Westcliffe in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 41°5°, with 0.79 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1937)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 195
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Westcliffe in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 45°7°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1939)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 83
- Cooling degree days
- 13
Westcliffe in August
Highs average 78°26° and lows 44°7°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1937)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 128
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Westcliffe in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 37°3°, with 0.9 in23 mm of precipitation and 0.9 in2.3 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1897)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 310
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Westcliffe in OctoberThis month
Highs average 61°16° and lows 26°−3°, with 0.95 in24 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1910)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 660
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Westcliffe in November
Highs average 49°9° and lows 17°−8°, with 0.69 in18 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1915)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1957)
- Heating degree days
- 966
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Westcliffe in December
Highs average 40°4° and lows 8°−13°, with 0.53 in13 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1918)
- Record low
- −39° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 1274
- Cooling degree days
- 0
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