Climate averages 1991–2020
Colorado Springs weather
in December.
A cold, very dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Colorado Springs: daytime highs average 4.9°C and nights cool to about -9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pueblo (67 km away). In December its highs average 6.3°C, 1.4°C warmer than Colorado Springs, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Colorado Springs ranks joint 364th of 498 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Colorado Springs is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 5.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Colorado Springs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 15 | 3.9 | 9.810 h |
| February | 6.5°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 16 | 4.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 42 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 63 | 9.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 69 | 11.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 52 | 10.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 71 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 63 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 21 | 5.0 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 4.9°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 13 | 3.5 | 9.510 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Pueblo in DecemberUnited States · 67 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -6.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Highlands Ranch in DecemberUnited States · 81 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -10.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Centennial in DecemberUnited States · 83 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -10.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Lakewood in DecemberUnited States · 99 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -9.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Aurora (Colorado), United States in DecemberUnited States · 100 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -8.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Denver in DecemberUnited States · 102 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -9.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Arvada in DecemberUnited States · 110 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -9.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Westminster (Colorado), United States in DecemberUnited States · 113 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -9.8°C · 21 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Colorado Springs) is explained once on the Colorado Springs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.