All-time weather records — Cripple Creek, CO

Record high
87.1°F
June 21, 2017
Record low
-22.0°F
February 2, 2011
Wettest day
3.38 in
September 15, 2009

Climate change signal in Cripple Creek

59.8%

of Cripple Creek's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (219 of 366 records since 2015).

48.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (178 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 #
2000s
67
87
2010s
171
180
2020s
128
99

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 2005, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2005-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 55.0°F — Jan 28, 2015 -11.9°F — Jan 19, 2025 0.45 in — Jan 20, 2006
February 57.0°F — Feb 25, 2026 -22.0°F — Feb 2, 2011 0.54 in — Feb 11, 2015
March 66.0°F — Mar 17, 2015 -6.0°F — Mar 10, 2022 0.72 in — Mar 8, 2024
April 69.1°F — Apr 12, 2023 -2.9°F — Apr 10, 2013 1.05 in — Apr 23, 2010
May 78.1°F — May 19, 2009 8.1°F — May 14, 2014 1.00 in — May 17, 2016
June 87.1°F — Jun 21, 2017 26.1°F — Jun 8, 2007 1.24 in — Jun 14, 2009
July 86.0°F — Jul 10, 2025 37.9°F — Jul 5, 2010 1.93 in — Jul 31, 2010
August 84.9°F — Aug 2, 2008 37.0°F — Aug 17, 2008 1.71 in — Aug 23, 2013
September 82.9°F — Sep 3, 2019 18.0°F — Sep 9, 2020 3.38 in — Sep 15, 2009
October 75.0°F — Oct 1, 2024 -7.1°F — Oct 30, 2019 0.91 in — Oct 10, 2014
November 64.9°F — Nov 3, 2025 -14.1°F — Nov 13, 2014 0.63 in — Nov 15, 2009
December 59.0°F — Dec 3, 2021 -16.1°F — Dec 7, 2005 0.80 in — Dec 21, 2006

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