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Denver weather by month

Denver runs from about -5°C in January to 24°C in July, with April the wettest month at 61 mm.

warmest month

July

24°C

coolest month

January

-5°C

wettest month

April

61 mm

worst air month

July

11 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Denver
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January-5°C20 mm243 h10
February-1°C56 mm256 h9
March2°C60 mm305 h8
April9°C61 mm312 h7
May14°C49 mm388 h9
June23°C6 mm386 h9
July24°C16 mm412 h11
August24°C25 mm346 h10
September20°C17 mm341 h9
October14°C17 mm312 h6
November1°C53 mm233 h7
December2°C6 mm249 h8

About 3,783 hours of sun a year. Roughly 41 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.