All-time weather records — Estes Park, CO

Record high
93.9°F
July 22, 2005
Record low
-27.0°F
February 2, 2011
Wettest day
3.90 in
September 12, 2013

Climate change signal in Estes Park

38.3%

of Estes Park's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (140 of 366 records since 2015).

31.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (115 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
168
164
2010s
166
177
2020s
32
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 2001, the latest in 2020. Period of observation: 1998-2021.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 60.1°F — Jan 21, 2005 -18.9°F — Jan 6, 2017 0.79 in — Jan 5, 2017
February 57.0°F — Feb 15, 2015 -27.0°F — Feb 2, 2011 0.53 in — Feb 26, 2011
March 69.1°F — Mar 16, 2015 -18.0°F — Mar 2, 2002 2.19 in — Mar 19, 2003
April 73.9°F — Apr 25, 2012 -2.9°F — Apr 18, 2013 1.79 in — Apr 17, 2015
May 84.9°F — May 30, 2003 6.1°F — May 2, 2013 1.82 in — May 19, 2017
June 93.0°F — Jun 29, 2018 28.0°F — Jun 8, 2007 1.07 in — Jun 5, 2008
July 93.9°F — Jul 22, 2005 36.0°F — Jul 1, 2018 1.97 in — Jul 8, 2012
August 91.0°F — Aug 1, 2002 30.9°F — Aug 28, 2004 1.10 in — Aug 19, 2004
September 89.1°F — Sep 6, 2020 19.9°F — Sep 9, 2020 3.90 in — Sep 12, 2013
October 79.0°F — Oct 1, 2018 -9.9°F — Oct 27, 2020 1.10 in — Oct 26, 2011
November 66.0°F — Nov 3, 2020 -20.0°F — Nov 13, 2014 0.69 in — Nov 28, 2004
December 59.0°F — Dec 13, 2014 -22.0°F — Dec 8, 2005 1.13 in — Dec 29, 2006

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