Ouray experiences four distinct seasons.
Summers are warm in the day and mild to cool at night with brief thunderstorms
often occurring in the afternoons in July and August sometimes resulting in
intense, though short lived, rainfall. Autumn is cool and mostly clear with
occasional rain. Winters are long and cold—though seldom extremely so—with
considerable snowfall. Spring is generally cool with early spring often
bringing the largest snowfalls; late spring into early summer (mid-May through
late June) is mild to warm and is usually the driest time of year
