Cotopaxi has a dry climate
Cotopaxi has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 86°, a January night drops to 11°, and about 37 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 52°, and nights fall to 20°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Cotopaxi’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Cotopaxi’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 Cotopaxi.
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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 Cotopaxi itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Salida, CO (21 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.