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Weather in Cathedral, CO · National Weather Service + NOAA

Cathedral has real winters

Cathedral has cold, snowy winters and cool summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 75°, a January night drops to 1°, and about 55 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 43° and a normal night drops to 13°.

Winter 33°/2°Spring 51°/21°Summer 73°/40°Fall 55°/23°
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Sunrise 8:42 am · sunset 7:01 pm

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What stands out about Cathedral’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Real wintersJanuary nights average 1°, colder than 96% of U.S. towns.Cool summersJuly afternoons average 75°, cooler than 98% of U.S. towns.A short growing season101 frost-free days, from Jun 8 to Sep 17.A long heating seasonMore heating degree days than 94% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Cathedral’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
33° / 2°
17 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
51° / 21°
Last frost around Jun 8
Summer
73° / 40°
90° days are rare
Fall now
55° / 23°
First frost around Sep 17
Pastthe usual first frost (Sep 17). Last frost next spring: Jun 8
Best months to be outside
JulAug
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Cathedral get?About 55 inches a winter.When is it wettest?August, with 2.2 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.7° vs. the 20th century.

Weather talk

Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in Cathedral.

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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 Cathedral itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Hermit 8 Se, CO (23 mi, snow) and Lake City, CO (16 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.