All-time weather records — Crested Butte, CO

Record high
95.0°F
July 17, 1949
Record low
-47.0°F
February 6, 1982
Wettest day
3.64 in
December 30, 1951

Climate change signal in Crested Butte

8.5%

of Crested Butte's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (31 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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
·
·
1910s
62
52
1920s
48
116
1930s
57
16
1940s
26
12
1950s
32
25
1960s
21
5
1970s
15
29
1980s
17
39
1990s
13
32
2000s
15
9
2010s
34
22
2020s
26
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 1910, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1909-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 59.0°F — Jan 1, 1946 -43.1°F — Jan 13, 1963 2.10 in — Jan 20, 1930
February 52.0°F — Feb 4, 2025 -47.0°F — Feb 6, 1982 1.92 in — Feb 21, 1996
March 70.0°F — Mar 26, 2026 -36.0°F — Mar 6, 2015 2.03 in — Mar 11, 2023
April 72.0°F — Apr 29, 1943 -17.0°F — Apr 2, 1975 1.62 in — Apr 6, 1911
May 80.1°F — May 31, 1956 -0.9°F — May 2, 1953 1.66 in — May 14, 1925
June 89.1°F — Jun 25, 2012 15.1°F — Jun 20, 1920 3.48 in — Jun 25, 1943
July 95.0°F — Jul 17, 1949 0.0°F — Jul 21, 1925 1.80 in — Jul 29, 2018
August 91.0°F — Aug 25, 1936 17.1°F — Aug 23, 1920 1.69 in — Aug 4, 2000
September 87.1°F — Sep 4, 1936 3.0°F — Sep 21, 1921 2.00 in — Sep 8, 1918
October 78.1°F — Oct 11, 1922 -26.0°F — Oct 28, 1919 1.51 in — Oct 5, 1911
November 69.1°F — Nov 1, 1915 -29.9°F — Nov 3, 1991 1.88 in — Nov 28, 2004
December 60.1°F — Dec 18, 1917 -38.9°F — Dec 8, 2005 3.64 in — Dec 30, 1951

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