All-time weather records — Central, CO

Record high
89.1°F
July 13, 2003
Record low
-36.0°F
February 5, 1989
Wettest day
4.85 in
March 18, 2003

Climate change signal in Central

8.7%

of Central's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (32 of 366 records since 2015).

9.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (36 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
60
75
1990s
118
120
2000s
127
88
2010s
61
83

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 1984, the latest in 2019. Period of observation: 1984-2019.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 60.1°F — Jan 2, 1997 -24.0°F — Jan 31, 1985 1.27 in — Jan 28, 1989
February 57.9°F — Feb 16, 2017 -36.0°F — Feb 5, 1989 1.86 in — Feb 3, 2012
March 66.0°F — Mar 22, 2004 -18.0°F — Mar 2, 2002 4.85 in — Mar 18, 2003
April 73.0°F — Apr 30, 1992 -9.9°F — Apr 12, 1997 3.81 in — Apr 17, 2009
May 81.0°F — May 29, 2000 3.9°F — May 2, 2013 2.91 in — May 18, 2017
June 88.0°F — Jun 25, 2012 26.1°F — Jun 5, 1998 1.96 in — Jun 20, 2011
July 89.1°F — Jul 13, 2003 33.1°F — Jul 7, 1993 1.83 in — Jul 22, 1991
August 87.1°F — Aug 12, 1996 30.0°F — Aug 25, 1992 2.03 in — Aug 4, 1999
September 84.0°F — Sep 1, 1995 3.0°F — Sep 29, 1985 2.64 in — Sep 12, 2013
October 75.0°F — Oct 4, 1997 -11.0°F — Oct 30, 2019 1.97 in — Oct 26, 2006
November 66.9°F — Nov 15, 1999 -17.0°F — Nov 13, 2014 0.99 in — Nov 2, 2011
December 60.1°F — Dec 1, 1998 -29.9°F — Dec 21, 1990 2.22 in — Dec 20, 2006

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