Cañon City climate — normals and trends
Cañon City (United States) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.1 °C and it receives 509 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Cañon City averages 186 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.
Cañon City has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 195 to 177 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.1 °C (on 19 July 2019) and the coldest -41.1 °C (on 12 January 1963).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Cañon CityColorado
- coords
- 38.44°, -105.24°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.1°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
-0.6°C
Annual rainfall
509mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
55%
Average peak wind
12.7km/h
Seasonal range
24.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
186 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
108 d/yr
Annual snowfall
117.0 cm
Average feels-like high
10.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.2 °C
Average peak gust
37.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
34.1 °C
19 July 2019
Coldest day
-41.1 °C
12 January 1963
Wettest day
59 mm
24 April 1980
Windiest day
40.4 km/h
2 April 1982
Strongest gust
110.2 km/h
15 December 2021
Hottest feels-like
33.4 °C
24 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-46.3 °C
12 January 1963
Snowiest day
36.9 cm
2 April 1957
Sunniest day
14.1 h
27 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.1 °C | -1.9 °C | 18 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 5.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 12 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 12.3 °C | +5.0 °C | 9 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 13.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 34 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 119 mm | +48 mm |
| Jun | 24.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 61 mm | +10 mm |
| Jul | 27.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 52 mm | -27 mm |
| Aug | 27.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 73 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 22.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 32 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 17.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 15 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 12.8 °C | +5.1 °C | 16 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 8.2 °C | +5.4 °C | 17 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cañon City?
Cañon City has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.1 °C and it receives 509 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cañon City?
The hottest day measured in Cañon City between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2019, reaching 34.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cañon City?
The coldest day measured in Cañon City between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1963, at -41.1 °C.
Does it snow in Cañon City?
Yes. Cañon City gets on average 117.0 cm of snow per year and has around 186 frost days.
Has the climate of Cañon City warmed?
Yes: Cañon City warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cañon City?
The wettest day measured in Cañon City between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 1980, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cañon City?
The windiest day measured in Cañon City between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1982, with winds reaching 40.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cañon City?
The warmest month in Cañon City is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Cañon City?
Cañon City receives on average 509 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cañon City?
Cañon City gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cañon City?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cañon City between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1957, with 36.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cañon City?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Cañon City.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cañon City?
In Cañon City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.4 °C on 24 July 2023, and the lowest was -46.3 °C on 12 January 1963.
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