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Weather in Steamboat Springs, CO · National Weather Service + NOAA

Steamboat Springs is snow country

Steamboat Springs has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 83°, a January night drops to 6°, and about 185 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 44° and a normal night drops to 18°.

Winter 32°/8°Spring 55°/26°Summer 80°/44°Fall 58°/27°
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Sunrise 6:46 am · sunset 4:55 pm

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What stands out about Steamboat Springs’s weather

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

Climate →
Snow countryAbout 185 inches a winter, more than 439 of 464 Colorado towns.Among Colorado’s coldest wintersJanuary nights average 6°, colder than 437 of 481 Colorado towns.Snow that staysSnow covers the ground about 151 days a year.A short growing season93 frost-free days, from Jun 9 to Sep 12.
A normal year

Where today sits in Steamboat Springs’s year

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

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Winter
32° / 8°
55 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
55° / 26°
Last frost around Jun 9
Summer
80° / 44°
6 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
58° / 27°
First frost around Sep 12
Pastthe usual first frost (Sep 12). Last frost next spring: Jun 9
Best months to be outside
JulAug
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Steamboat Springs get?About 185 inches a winter.When is it wettest?April, with 2.3 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.5° 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 Steamboat Springs itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Steamboat Springs, CO (1 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.