All-time weather records — Dolores, CO

Record high
99.0°F
July 30, 1923
Record low
-20.9°F
February 1, 1917
Wettest day
2.29 in
September 10, 2003

Climate change signal in Dolores

0%

of Dolores's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
53
18
1910s
115
151
1920s
174
177
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
·
2
1970s
·
·
1980s
·
·
1990s
·
·
2000s
24
18

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 1908, the latest in 2004. Period of observation: 1908-2004.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 16, 1909 -20.0°F — Jan 24, 1917 1.79 in — Jan 14, 1953
February 64.9°F — Feb 19, 1909 -20.9°F — Feb 1, 1917 2.03 in — Feb 16, 1927
March 77.0°F — Mar 21, 2004 -9.0°F — Mar 16, 1917 1.70 in — Mar 12, 1982
April 75.9°F — Apr 26, 1927 5.0°F — Apr 1, 1920 1.78 in — Apr 25, 1924
May 84.0°F — May 19, 1925 16.0°F — May 11, 1922 1.57 in — May 24, 1992
June 95.0°F — Jun 12, 1918 21.0°F — Jun 25, 1969 1.40 in — Jun 28, 1927
July 99.0°F — Jul 30, 1923 37.9°F — Jul 5, 1921 2.08 in — Jul 17, 1967
August 91.9°F — Aug 24, 1919 34.0°F — Aug 28, 1920 2.02 in — Aug 5, 1947
September 88.0°F — Sep 4, 1917 19.0°F — Sep 27, 1924 2.29 in — Sep 10, 2003
October 82.0°F — Oct 4, 1917 3.9°F — Oct 29, 1917 1.76 in — Oct 14, 1947
November 71.1°F — Nov 3, 1924 -4.0°F — Nov 27, 1918 1.69 in — Nov 9, 1998
December 60.1°F — Dec 2, 2003 -18.9°F — Dec 26, 1924 2.20 in — Dec 16, 1908

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