Basalt has a dry climate
Basalt has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 85°, a January night drops to 12°, and about 39 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 47° and a normal night drops to 22°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Basalt’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Basalt’s year
Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.
Weather talk
Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in Basalt.
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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Basalt itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Glenwood Spgs #2, CO (18 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.