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Weather in Vail, CO · National Weather Service + NOAA

Vail is snow country

Vail has cold, snowy winters and cool summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 73°, a January night drops to 10°, and about 189 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 38°, and nights fall to 18°.

Winter 30°/11°Spring 48°/24°Summer 70°/43°Fall 51°/27°
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Sunrise 8:35 am · sunset 7:02 pm

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What stands out about Vail’s weather

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

Climate →
Snow countryAbout 189 inches a winter, more than 450 of 464 Colorado towns.Cool summersJuly afternoons average 73°, cooler than 99% of U.S. towns.A short growing season77 frost-free days, from Jun 21 to Sep 7.Wetter than most of Colorado23 inches of rain and melted snow a year, more than 462 of 481 Colorado towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Vail’s year

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

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Winter
30° / 11°
57 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
48° / 24°
Last frost around Jun 21
Summer
70° / 43°
90° days are rare
Fall now
51° / 27°
First frost around Sep 7
Pastthe usual first frost (Sep 7). Last frost next spring: Jun 21
Best months to be outside
JulAug
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Vail get?About 189 inches a winter.When is it wettest?April, with 2.5 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.3° 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 Vail itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Vail, CO (1 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.