All-time weather records — Colfax, CA

Record high
113.0°F
July 14, 1972
Record low
3.9°F
January 3, 1906
Wettest day
10.02 in
October 13, 1962

Climate change signal in Colfax

11.5%

of Colfax's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (42 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 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 #
1900s
31
61
1910s
30
82
1920s
25
24
1930s
38
34
1940s
24
34
1950s
28
23
1960s
35
14
1970s
28
33
1980s
19
19
1990s
10
15
2000s
24
12
2010s
65
6
2020s
9
9

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 1905, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1905-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 14, 2014 3.9°F — Jan 3, 1906 5.41 in — Jan 21, 1967
February 88.0°F — Feb 7, 1906 15.1°F — Feb 7, 1989 5.97 in — Feb 8, 1960
March 89.1°F — Mar 8, 1905 12.0°F — Mar 25, 1913 4.59 in — Mar 16, 2012
April 91.0°F — Apr 20, 1931 19.9°F — Apr 16, 1917 3.90 in — Apr 8, 1935
May 100.0°F — May 31, 2001 25.0°F — May 1, 1956 4.65 in — May 18, 1957
June 109.9°F — Jun 11, 1908 30.0°F — Jun 3, 1944 2.20 in — Jun 15, 1929
July 113.0°F — Jul 14, 1972 36.0°F — Jul 22, 1926 2.28 in — Jul 8, 1974
August 109.9°F — Aug 14, 1933 37.9°F — Aug 18, 1926 1.26 in — Aug 15, 1976
September 106.0°F — Sep 2, 2017 30.0°F — Sep 21, 1925 2.62 in — Sep 13, 1918
October 102.0°F — Oct 1, 2012 24.1°F — Oct 22, 1906 10.02 in — Oct 13, 1962
November 86.0°F — Nov 7, 1941 18.0°F — Nov 24, 1906 5.10 in — Nov 21, 1950
December 87.1°F — Dec 14, 1924 9.0°F — Dec 10, 1972 6.37 in — Dec 22, 1964

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