All-time weather records — Carbonate, CO

Record high
88.3°F
February 4, 1991
Record low
-60.3°F
October 3, 1985
Wettest day
3.00 in
September 12, 1988

Climate change signal in Carbonate

18.6%

of Carbonate's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (68 of 366 records since 2015).

18%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (66 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 #
1980s
55
49
1990s
127
130
2000s
97
81
2010s
43
62
2020s
44
44

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 1985, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1985-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 52.0°F — Jan 19, 1997 -19.3°F — Jan 1, 2011 1.80 in — Jan 11, 2005
February 88.3°F — Feb 4, 1991 -25.8°F — Feb 1, 2011 1.80 in — Feb 19, 1986
March 61.3°F — Mar 6, 1987 -15.5°F — Mar 12, 1993 2.40 in — Mar 2, 2015
April 61.9°F — Apr 29, 1992 -9.6°F — Apr 12, 1997 2.80 in — Apr 3, 1996
May 70.3°F — May 31, 2002 -0.8°F — May 1, 2011 1.70 in — May 19, 1997
June 74.5°F — Jun 28, 2013 16.3°F — Jun 2, 1990 1.90 in — Jun 21, 2019
July 77.5°F — Jul 12, 2002 26.1°F — Jul 5, 1993 1.80 in — Jul 18, 2013
August 76.1°F — Aug 1, 2000 27.7°F — Aug 26, 1992 1.40 in — Aug 1, 2021
September 77.7°F — Sep 21, 1992 6.1°F — Sep 27, 1996 3.00 in — Sep 12, 1988
October 63.1°F — Oct 11, 1991 -60.3°F — Oct 3, 1985 2.20 in — Oct 7, 1985
November 60.8°F — Nov 14, 1999 -17.0°F — Nov 25, 2010 1.80 in — Nov 21, 2010
December 50.5°F — Dec 3, 1998 -26.9°F — Dec 23, 1990 2.00 in — Dec 13, 2009

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