All-time weather records — Bayfield, CO

Record high
93.9°F
July 11, 2021
Record low
-35.0°F
January 12, 1963
Wettest day
4.01 in
March 30, 1945

Climate change signal in Bayfield

17.5%

of Bayfield's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (64 of 366 records since 2015).

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1910s
7
24
1940s
50
47
1950s
74
50
1960s
32
52
1970s
33
71
1980s
48
22
1990s
12
62
2000s
39
21
2010s
26
13
2020s
45
4

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1917, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1917-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 27, 2015 -35.0°F — Jan 12, 1963 3.00 in — Jan 13, 1997
February 63.0°F — Feb 25, 1986 -31.0°F — Feb 1, 1951 1.90 in — Feb 23, 2015
March 71.1°F — Mar 22, 2004 -20.9°F — Mar 4, 1966 4.01 in — Mar 30, 1945
April 79.0°F — Apr 30, 1981 -6.0°F — Apr 4, 1945 2.03 in — Apr 1, 1986
May 87.1°F — May 31, 2002 15.1°F — May 7, 1975 1.60 in — May 22, 2021
June 91.9°F — Jun 12, 2022 19.9°F — Jun 2, 1917 1.96 in — Jun 3, 1952
July 93.9°F — Jul 11, 2021 32.0°F — Jul 3, 1995 1.98 in — Jul 23, 1954
August 91.0°F — Aug 18, 2002 28.0°F — Aug 26, 1992 2.78 in — Aug 4, 1969
September 90.0°F — Sep 6, 2020 21.9°F — Sep 18, 1971 2.72 in — Sep 11, 2002
October 82.0°F — Oct 1, 1980 1.9°F — Oct 29, 1917 3.15 in — Oct 19, 1972
November 82.9°F — Nov 7, 1983 -9.9°F — Nov 27, 1952 1.96 in — Nov 11, 1994
December 62.1°F — Dec 5, 1946 -22.0°F — Dec 21, 1951 3.30 in — Dec 1, 2007

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Bayfield.