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Crested Butte in July

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in Crested Butte is warm: highs near 76°F, lows near 44°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.July in Crested Butte is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
76°F24°Caverage
Low
44°F7°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
14h 35mon average

Is July a good time to visit Crested Butte?

Yes. July is one of Crested Butte's best months (July to August).

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 July sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in July, against 25% to 49% through the year.

Cloud cover

42% cover in July, against 33% to 58% through the year.

Daylight

14h 35m in July, against 9h 29m to 14h 51m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. June68°20°low 37°low 3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. July76°24°low 44°low 7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. August74°23°low 44°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Crested Butte sits, in July

America/Denver
this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
5:54 AMsets 8:33 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 July, 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 July

high · low · wet days
See July 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.