History of Weather Statistics For Pikes Peak Summit

Pikes Peak is a 14,115 foot/4302 meter peak in Colorado.

US Army Corps of Engineers/Signal Corps ran the weather station on the summit. Some summer data is still taken, but the weather station is no longer functioning.

Weather Statistics

During the period of measurement, the extreme low was -39 in December and the extreme high was 64 in July. Snow was recorded in every month except one very warm August. Most lightning was accompanied by snow. Late spring and late summer is the cloudiest times of year while September through January is the sunniest.

Month	Ave High	Ave Low	Rec High	Rec Low	Ave Wind MPH 6AM	Ave Wind MPH 3PM	Ave Wind MPH 9PM	Precip Notes
Jan	8.1	-3.7	?	?	27.0	28.0	28.0	8-10 days of snow
Feb	10.6	-2.9	?	?	26.3	22.5	24.8	9-10 days of snow
Mar	14.0	-0.8	?	?	28.8	24.5	26.8	9-11 days of snow
Apr	19.7	4.6	?	?	25.0	19.8	23.8	12-13 days of snow
May	28.4	14.3	?	?	25.3	22.0	24.0	17 days of snow; some rain
Jun	38.5	24.6	?	?	23.3	17.3	18.8	9 days of snow; 9 days of hail
Jul	47.6	33.7	64	?	15.0	11.8	12.3	7 days of snow; 15 days of hail or rain
Aug	48.1	32.9	?	?	15.0	11.5	13.0	28 days of snow, hail, or rain
Sep	39.2	24.3	?	?	17.5	15.0	18.8	10 days of snow; 5 days of hail or rain
Oct	28.4	14.2	?	?	22.8	17.3	22.3	8-9 days of snow
Nov	16.0	3.9	?	-36	23.5	22.3	22.3	9-10 days of snow
Dec	10.7	-2.7	?	-39	22.8	20.8	22.0	9-12 days of snow

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