Highlands Ranch has milder winters than most of Colorado
Highlands Ranch has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 87°, a January night drops to 20°, and about 64 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 54°, and nights fall to 27°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Highlands Ranch’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Highlands Ranch’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 Highlands Ranch.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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 Highlands Ranch itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Highlands Ranch 3.2 Ese, CO (3 mi, snow) and Denver Centennial Airport, CO (7 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.