Telluride Temperatures: Averages by Month
The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in Telluride, Colorado during each month of the year.
The average high and low temperatures are listed below monthly and annually for the ski resort, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.
Maximums and minimums are only part of the temperature picture. To fill in the rest, there's information on how many days a month get above or below a given temperature.
To find out how often it rises over 60, 70 or 80 °F each month in Telluride, scroll down farther. There are also monthly and yearly counts of days with cold weather.
All the numbers are long-term historical averages based on climate data gathered from 1991 to 2020. The weather station is located at an elevation of 8647 feet (2636 meters).
| High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 0 | January | 2 | -18 |
| 38 | 5 | February | 3 | -15 |
| 44 | 13 | March | 7 | -11 |
| 51 | 22 | April | 10 | -6 |
| 60 | 29 | May | 16 | -2 |
| 73 | 34 | June | 23 | 1 |
| 77 | 41 | July | 25 | 5 |
| 74 | 40 | August | 23 | 5 |
| 68 | 34 | September | 20 | 1 |
| 57 | 23 | October | 14 | -5 |
| 45 | 13 | November | 7 | -11 |
| 36 | 2 | December | 2 | -17 |
| 55 | 21 | Year | 13 | -6 |
Days of Hot Weather in Telluride
It never gets really hot at Telluride. Temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 °C) are not normal here. In fact, typically only 22 days a summer even make it into the 80s F.
| 60 °F 16 °C |
70 °F 21 °C |
80 °F 27 °C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 20 | 6 | 0 |
| June | 29 | 22 | 4 |
| July | 31 | 28 | 11 |
| August | 31 | 25 | 6 |
| September | 27 | 14 | 1 |
| October | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| November | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year | 164 | 98 | 22 |
How Often Telluride Has Cold Temperatures
Most nights at Telluride are below freezing, and in winter they're often well below freezing. The ski resort averages 40 days annually that drop to 0 °F (-18 °C) or less. Negative temperatures occur periodically from October to April.
On about one-third of winter days, the ski resort's temperature stays below freezing for the entire day. Telluride averages 34 days a year when it never warms up enough to thaw things out.
| 10 °F -12 °C |
20 °F -8 °C |
32 °F 0 °C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24 | 29 | 31 |
| February | 16 | 24 | 28 |
| March | 9 | 21 | 31 |
| April | 1 | 9 | 28 |
| May | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| June | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| August | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| September | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| October | 1 | 8 | 27 |
| November | 9 | 22 | 29 |
| December | 23 | 28 | 31 |
| Year | 82 | 143 | 249 |
Reference
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.