Mount Crested Butte climate

Mount Crested Butte Weather in August

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Crested Butte, 3.8 km from Mount Crested Butte

Average highs run from 76°F on August 1 to 71°F on August 31, and lows from 41°F to 35°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.98 in over about 12 wet days.

August day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Mount Crested Butte, in °F, with the record for each date.20406080100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

August at a glance

Average high
74°F
Average low
38°F
Precipitation
1.98 in
Record high
91°FAug 1, 2026
Record low
32°FAug 28, 2004
Chance of a freeze
75%
Daylight
14 h 10 min to 13 h 03 min
Cloud cover
58%
Humidity
59%
Dew point
36°F
Wind
4.3 mph

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Aug 176°F41°F91°F 202639°F 200940%0%
Aug 276°F41°F91°F 202640°F 199840%0%
Aug 376°F40°F91°F 202643°F 199840%0%
Aug 476°F40°F88°F 202642°F 199840%0%
Aug 575°F40°F88°F 202642°F 199840%0%
Aug 675°F40°F88°F 202643°F 201040%0%
Aug 775°F40°F91°F 202643°F 200040%0%
Aug 875°F40°F90°F 202640°F 200939%0%
Aug 975°F40°F88°F 200034°F 200939%0%
Aug 1075°F40°F88°F 200338°F 200939%0%
Aug 1175°F40°F88°F 201839°F 200939%0%
Aug 1274°F39°F90°F 201840°F 199939%0%
Aug 1374°F39°F90°F 200340°F 199939%0%
Aug 1474°F39°F91°F 200340°F 201339%0%
Aug 1574°F39°F87°F 200241°F 201038%0%
Aug 1674°F39°F89°F 202036°F 200938%0%
Aug 1774°F38°F88°F 202035°F 200938%
Aug 1873°F38°F90°F 202037°F 200938%
Aug 1973°F38°F90°F 202036°F 200938%
Aug 2073°F38°F89°F 202536°F 202138%
Aug 2173°F38°F91°F 202538°F 202137%
Aug 2273°F37°F89°F 202040°F 200537%
Aug 2372°F37°F87°F 202039°F 200137%
Aug 2472°F37°F87°F 202040°F 201037%
Aug 2572°F37°F89°F 202040°F 200237%
Aug 2672°F37°F85°F 202039°F 200936%
Aug 2771°F36°F86°F 202039°F 200436%
Aug 2871°F36°F86°F 201732°F 200436%
Aug 2971°F36°F87°F 201737°F 200436%
Aug 3071°F36°F86°F 201736°F 200236%
Aug 3171°F35°F85°F 201938°F 200335%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Mount Crested Butte, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MDT).

August 1
sunrise 6:09 AM, sunset 8:19 PM
August 31
sunrise 6:36 AM, sunset 7:39 PM

Every day of August: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00051959 (Crested Butte), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093073, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.