All-time weather records — Crestone, CO

Record high
98.1°F
July 20, 2005
Record low
-22.0°F
February 3, 2011
Wettest day
2.05 in
July 27, 2003

Climate change signal in Crestone

22.1%

of Crestone's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (81 of 366 records since 2015).

14.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (54 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
43
56
1990s
98
67
2000s
129
146
2010s
38
72
2020s
58
25

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 1983, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1982-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 59.0°F — Jan 29, 1986 -20.0°F — Jan 17, 2008 1.11 in — Jan 6, 1988
February 64.9°F — Feb 28, 2006 -22.0°F — Feb 3, 2011 0.75 in — Feb 2, 2024
March 79.0°F — Mar 25, 2026 -9.9°F — Mar 3, 2002 1.50 in — Mar 3, 2004
April 80.1°F — Apr 27, 2000 6.1°F — Apr 5, 1983 1.53 in — Apr 24, 2007
May 96.1°F — May 31, 2002 12.9°F — May 2, 2011 1.36 in — May 9, 2015
June 95.0°F — Jun 29, 1990 24.1°F — Jun 2, 1990 0.99 in — Jun 9, 1987
July 98.1°F — Jul 20, 2005 34.0°F — Jul 11, 2003 2.05 in — Jul 27, 2003
August 93.0°F — Aug 4, 2024 34.0°F — Aug 28, 2006 1.76 in — Aug 24, 1987
September 90.0°F — Sep 2, 2019 18.0°F — Sep 29, 1999 1.96 in — Sep 21, 1997
October 82.0°F — Oct 2, 2003 0.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 1.15 in — Oct 5, 1984
November 68.0°F — Nov 12, 1999 -11.0°F — Nov 30, 2006 1.92 in — Nov 24, 2013
December 59.0°F — Dec 2, 2021 -18.0°F — Dec 8, 2005 0.82 in — Dec 8, 2008

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