All-time weather records — Cheyenne Wells, CO

Record high
109.0°F
July 24, 1936
Record low
-31.0°F
February 9, 1936
Wettest day
4.53 in
October 19, 1908

Climate change signal in Cheyenne Wells

6%

of Cheyenne Wells's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (22 of 366 records since 2015).

1.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (7 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 #
1890s
8
17
1900s
12
48
1910s
21
49
1920s
16
30
1930s
72
31
1940s
18
34
1950s
21
27
1960s
22
32
1970s
14
27
1980s
27
22
1990s
40
25
2000s
54
13
2010s
41
11
2020s
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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 1897, the latest in 2018. Period of observation: 1893-2020.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 30, 1986 -23.1°F — Jan 11, 1918 1.24 in — Jan 26, 1944
February 82.0°F — Feb 11, 2017 -31.0°F — Feb 9, 1936 1.00 in — Feb 25, 1912
March 91.0°F — Mar 19, 1907 -16.1°F — Mar 3, 1960 1.50 in — Mar 4, 1948
April 95.0°F — Apr 21, 1989 -29.9°F — Apr 1, 1922 3.80 in — Apr 5, 1900
May 105.1°F — May 31, 2002 15.1°F — May 1, 1909 2.60 in — May 1, 1914
June 108.0°F — Jun 24, 2012 30.9°F — Jun 2, 1951 3.40 in — Jun 7, 1925
July 109.0°F — Jul 24, 1936 39.9°F — Jul 8, 1952 4.30 in — Jul 9, 2006
August 107.1°F — Aug 15, 1931 33.1°F — Aug 6, 1904 4.05 in — Aug 6, 1959
September 102.0°F — Sep 4, 1899 18.0°F — Sep 29, 1985 3.95 in — Sep 22, 1941
October 96.1°F — Oct 4, 1922 1.0°F — Oct 29, 1917 4.53 in — Oct 19, 1908
November 89.1°F — Nov 1, 1933 -13.0°F — Nov 12, 1907 2.40 in — Nov 20, 1899
December 88.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -24.0°F — Dec 9, 1919 1.00 in — Dec 3, 1921

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