All-time weather records — Durango, CO

Record high
99.0°F
July 2, 2007
Record low
-14.1°F
December 30, 2010
Wettest day
2.77 in
January 21, 2010

Climate change signal in Durango

8.5%

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

12.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (46 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 #
1990s
112
129
2000s
195
109
2010s
59
128

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 1991, the latest in 2018. Period of observation: 1991-2018.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 60.1°F — Jan 19, 2000 -11.9°F — Jan 1, 2011 2.77 in — Jan 21, 2010
February 71.1°F — Feb 26, 2012 -5.1°F — Feb 1, 2001 1.48 in — Feb 9, 1993
March 78.1°F — Mar 19, 2004 0.0°F — Mar 3, 2002 1.56 in — Mar 6, 1995
April 84.0°F — Apr 29, 1992 10.0°F — Apr 5, 1999 2.60 in — Apr 3, 2004
May 98.1°F — May 29, 2000 21.0°F — May 1, 2011 1.08 in — May 2, 2007
June 96.1°F — Jun 30, 2002 28.0°F — Jun 5, 1999 0.80 in — Jun 10, 2009
July 99.0°F — Jul 2, 2007 35.1°F — Jul 4, 1995 1.80 in — Jul 10, 2011
August 95.0°F — Aug 17, 2002 39.9°F — Aug 7, 2017 1.51 in — Aug 5, 2016
September 96.1°F — Sep 2, 2013 26.1°F — Sep 19, 1996 2.00 in — Sep 21, 2014
October 86.0°F — Oct 2, 2000 10.9°F — Oct 29, 2009 1.64 in — Oct 3, 1996
November 72.0°F — Nov 1, 2008 -2.0°F — Nov 6, 2011 1.98 in — Nov 12, 1994
December 62.1°F — Dec 20, 2004 -14.1°F — Dec 30, 2010 1.95 in — Dec 1, 2007

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