Weather Highlights in Durango. The average winter snowfall in Durango is about 70 inches per year, but the surrounding ski areas can reach upwards of 400 inches. Expect over 300 days of sunny, blue skies. Summer high temperatures are typically in the 80 degree Fahrenheit range and rarely exceed 90 degrees. Average rainfall is about 20 inches per year.
Hurricanes (by whatever name) are by far most common in the Pacific Ocean, with the western Pacific being most active. In some years, the Philippines are struck by more than 20 tropical storms and typhoons. The term applied to various storms depends on their location.
The Coriolis force is usually too weak to initiate sufficient rotation near the equator.[26] Storms frequently form in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and the tropical Atlantic Ocean as far east as the Cape Verde Islands, the origin of strong and long-lasting Cape Verde-type hurricanes.