Climate
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Durango has an ideal four-season climate with mild temperatures year-round: winters are crisp and sunny, summer is warm with a cool evening air, and fall is glorious sweater weather.
  • On average, the warmest month is July.
  • The highest recorded temperature was 102° F in 1973.
  • The average coolest month is January.
  • The lowest recorded temperature was -35° F in 1963.
  • The maximum average precipitation occurs in August.

Summer
Jun-Jul-Aug
Fall
Sep-Oct-Nov
Winter
Dec-Jan-Feb
Spring
Mar-Apr-May
Average High
Temperature
80° F
61° F
40° F
58° F
Average Low
Temperature
46° F
29° F
10° F
26° F
Average
Precipitation
1.7 in.
1.9 in.
1.4 in.
1.4 in.
Average
Snowfall
--
2 in.
16 in.
5 in.