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Crested Butte in December

Cold and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Crested Butte is cold: highs near 32°F, lows near 6°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 29 minutes.December in Crested Butte is cold: highs near 0°C, lows near -14°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 29 minutes.

High
32°F0°Caverage
Low
6°F-14°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 38% of days
Daylight
9h 29mon average

Is December a good time to visit Crested Butte?

December sits outside Crested Butte's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 32°F in December, against 31°F to 76°F through the year.Highs near 0°C in December, against -1°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

38% of days in December, against 25% to 49% through the year.

Cloud cover

53% cover in December, against 33% to 58% through the year.

Daylight

9h 29m in December, against 9h 29m to 14h 51m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November43°6°low 13°low -11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December32°0°low 6°low -14°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January31°-1°low 8°low -13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Crested Butte sits, in December

America/Denver
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:19 AMsets 4:47 PM
Above the sea
2,709 mhigh country
Latitude
38.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Aspen38 km north

The land around Crested Butte, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Crested Butte

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Crested Butte. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,709 m) against the climate model's (3,147 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,709 m) against the climate model's (3,147 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.