Climate averages 1991–2020
Colorado Springs weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Colorado Springs: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 36 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pueblo (67 km away). In July its highs average 32.6°C, 3.8°C warmer than Colorado Springs, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Colorado Springs ranks joint 311th of 498 for the warmest July highs and 221st of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Colorado Springs is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Pueblo in JulyUnited States · 67 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Highlands Ranch in JulyUnited States · 81 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Centennial in JulyUnited States · 83 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Lakewood in JulyUnited States · 99 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Aurora (Colorado), United States in JulyUnited States · 100 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Denver in JulyUnited States · 102 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 14.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Arvada in JulyUnited States · 110 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Westminster (Colorado), United States in JulyUnited States · 113 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 41 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.