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Dolores in February

Cold and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Dolores is cold: highs near 36°F, lows near 12°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 44 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Dolores is cold: highs near 2°C, lows near -11°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 44 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
36°F2°Caverage
Low
12°F-11°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 39% of days
Daylight
10h 44mon average

Is February a good time to visit Dolores?

February sits outside Dolores's best months, which run from June 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 February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 36°F in February, against 35°F to 76°F through the year.Highs near 2°C in February, against 2°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

39% of days in February, against 23% to 58% through the year.

Cloud cover

51% cover in February, against 28% to 51% through the year.

Daylight

10h 44m in February, against 9h 35m to 14h 44m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. January35°2°low 10°low -12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. February36°2°low 12°low -11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. March41°5°low 16°low -9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Dolores sits, in February

America/Denver
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
7:03 AMsets 5:50 PM
Above the sea
2,652 mhigh country
Latitude
37.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Telluride31 km north-east

The land around Dolores, shaded by its typical high in February, 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 February

high · low · wet days
See February on the planning mapThe whole year in Dolores

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Dolores. 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 (2,652 m) against the climate model's (3,200 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 (2,652 m) against the climate model's (3,200 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.