Playability Score: 100/100 — Elite
Current conditions: 78°F, wind 7 mph, 0% chance of rain.
Updated July 9, 2026
Jackson Hole golf plays beneath the Tetons at 6,200 feet in one of the most dramatic settings in the sport. The season is brutally short — mid-June through September — but summer days are dry, mild, and long. Altitude adds serious distance; afternoon thermals add serious wind.
Jackson's golf year breaks into three distinct acts. The prime window runs July through September, when highs reach 69–81°F, precip days drop to 8–10 per month, and peak winds stay at or below 7.2 mph — routinely inside the site's calm threshold. Act two is the grind: late May through June, a transitional stretch that bridges the cold spring and the prime summer window — June logs the year's highest average peak wind at 7.7 mph and highs only reach 69°F, enough to make the 6,200-foot air feel genuinely cold. Act three is the sneaky-good off-season window in late September and early October — September matches July as the driest month at just 8 precip days, highs hold at 70°F, and the crowds thin noticeably before the first hard freeze closes things down.
At 6,200 feet, altitude compresses the playable calendar to roughly mid-June through September, but it also stretches your drives. The trade-off is real weather variance: lows in July still drop to 49°F, and afternoon thermal winds can build quickly off the Tetons even when morning conditions look perfectly calm.
April and May are transition months in the roughest sense — highs reach only 45°F and 55°F respectively, with lows dropping to 22°F and 30°F. Both months average 15 precip days, meaning snow and rain are essentially coin-flip daily companions. Most courses at this elevation haven't opened yet by early May.
June is the grind month that starts the season — highs reach 69°F but winds peak at 7.7 mph, the year's highest, and lows still drop to 40°F. July is where conditions finally click: the year's highest average high of 81°F, only 8 precip days, and peak winds averaging just 7.2 mph. August is nearly as good at 77°F and 10 precip days, and the 32-degree daily swing in July means mornings start cool — bring a layer for tee time.
September ties July at 8 precip days, and a 70°F average high puts conditions comfortably in the site's ideal range. Wind eases to 6.6 mph, making it among the calmer months of the year. October drops to 55°F and 11 precip days — still workable for a few weeks, but lows hitting 30°F mean frost on morning greens is a real possibility.
Winter in Jackson is not a golf season by any stretch. January averages a high of just 29°F with 18 precip days — the wettest month of the year — and lows down to 12°F. December averages a 31°F high and 12°F low; February is 31°F and 11°F. The courses are simply shut, and the elevation means snow lingers well into what passes for spring elsewhere.
July and September share the title of driest months at 8 precip days each, while July's 81°F average high is the warmest of the year and peak winds average only 7.2 mph. August holds at 77°F with 10 precip days and 6.8 mph winds, keeping all three months well within comfortable scoring conditions. Together these three months represent essentially the entire reliable golf window at Jackson's elevation.
Most courses at Jackson's 6,200-foot elevation open in mid-June and close by mid-October at the latest. The climate data supports this: May averages 15 precip days and a high of only 55°F, while October lows hit 30°F and conditions deteriorate quickly after mid-month. The reliable window is roughly 14–16 weeks.
Average peak winds here are actually modest by mountain standards — June is the windiest month at just 7.7 mph, and most of the season runs between 6.6 and 7.2 mph. The real issue is afternoon thermals: mornings can be dead calm, then winds build sharply as Teton valley air heats up. Early tee times consistently play better than afternoon slots.
At 6,200 feet, temperature swings are amplified — July sees a 32-degree difference between the average high of 81°F and the average low of 49°F within a single day. Thinner air also means weather systems move through faster, and a clear morning can turn into a cold rain without much runway. Layering and watching the western sky toward the Tetons is standard operating procedure.