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Weather in Lakewood, CO · National Weather Service + NOAA

Lakewood has milder winters than most of Colorado

Lakewood has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 88°, a January night drops to 20°, and about 58 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 55° and a normal night drops to 27°.

Winter 47°/20°Spring 63°/35°Summer 86°/56°Fall 66°/37°
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What stands out about Lakewood’s weather

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

Climate →
Milder winters than most of ColoradoJanuary nights average 20°, milder than 475 of 481 Colorado towns.The mildest winters aroundMilder January nights than all 9 towns around it.A dry climateJust 17 inches of rain and melted snow a year, less than 92% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Lakewood’s year

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

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Winter
47° / 20°
17 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
63° / 35°
Last frost around May 3
Summer
86° / 56°
31 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
66° / 37°
First frost around Oct 7
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 7). Last frost next spring: May 3
Best months to be outside
MayJunSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Lakewood get?About 58 inches a winter.When is it wettest?May, with 2.7 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.4° vs. the 20th century.

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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 Lakewood itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Lakewood, CO (3 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.