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Weather in Mount Crested Butte, CO · National Weather Service + NOAA

Mount Crested Butte is snow country

Mount Crested Butte has cold, snowy winters and cool summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 75°, a January night drops to 3°, and about 171 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 40° and a normal night drops to 15°.

Winter 30°/5°Spring 49°/22°Summer 72°/41°Fall 53°/25°
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Sunrise 8:38 am · sunset 7:04 pm

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What stands out about Mount Crested Butte’s weather

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

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Snow countryAbout 171 inches a winter, more than 424 of 464 Colorado towns.Cool summersJuly afternoons average 75°, cooler than 98% of U.S. towns.Real wintersJanuary nights average 3°, colder than 92% of U.S. towns.Snow that staysSnow covers the ground about 168 days a year.
A normal year

Where today sits in Mount Crested Butte’s year

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

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Winter
30° / 5°
51 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
49° / 22°
Last frost around Jun 2
Summer
72° / 41°
90° days are rare
Fall now
53° / 25°
First frost around Sep 23
Pastthe usual first frost (Sep 23). Last frost next spring: Jun 2
Best months to be outside
JulAug
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Mount Crested Butte get?About 171 inches a winter.When is it wettest?January, with 2.6 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.7° 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 Mount Crested Butte itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Aspen 1sw, CO (20 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.