Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Climate

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

Section Title: Climate
Table Section Text: None

Climate data for Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (1950–2006)

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year

Record high °F (°C)	67 (19)	63 (17)	72 (22)	78 (26)	89 (32)	96 (36)	94 (34)	90 (32)	87 (31)	80 (27)	67 (19)	60 (16)	96 (36)

Average high °F (°C)	35.1 (1.7)	39.2 (4.0)	46.8 (8.2)	56.3 (13.5)	66.2 (19.0)	76.6 (24.8)	80.8 (27.1)	77.9 (25.5)	71.5 (21.9)	60.5 (15.8)	45.5 (7.5)	36.4 (2.4)	57.7 (14.3)

Daily mean °F (°C)	22.4 (−5.3)	26.5 (−3.1)	33.9 (1.1)	42.1 (5.6)	51.5 (10.8)	60.9 (16.1)	65.6 (18.7)	63.2 (17.3)	56.6 (13.7)	46.1 (7.8)	32.8 (0.4)	23.9 (−4.5)	43.8 (6.6)

Average low °F (°C)	9.8 (−12.3)	13.9 (−10.1)	21.0 (−6.1)	28.0 (−2.2)	36.8 (2.7)	45.2 (7.3)	50.5 (10.3)	48.5 (9.2)	41.7 (5.4)	31.7 (−0.2)	20.1 (−6.6)	11.3 (−11.5)	29.9 (−1.2)

Record low °F (°C)	−25 (−32)	−22 (−30)	−9 (−23)	−6 (−21)	15 (−9)	25 (−4)	31 (−1)	33 (1)	22 (−6)	2 (−17)	−12 (−24)	−19 (−28)	−25 (−32)

Average precipitation inches (mm)	0.44 (11)	0.37 (9.4)	0.77 (20)	0.89 (23)	1.09 (28)	0.86 (22)	1.79 (45)	2.00 (51)	1.22 (31)	0.86 (22)	0.49 (12)	0.36 (9.1)	11.13 (283)

Average snowfall inches (cm)	6.8 (17)	5.3 (13)	8.3 (21)	5.7 (14)	1.4 (3.6)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.1 (0.25)	2.6 (6.6)	4.7 (12)	5.6 (14)	40.5 (103)

Source #1: https://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliGCStT.pl?cogrea (temperatures)

Source #2: https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?cogrea (precipitation/snowfall)

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Precipitation in the dunes averaged 11.13 inches (283 mm) per year.

final_sentence: Precipitation in the dunes averaged 11.13 inches (283 mm) per year.