All-time weather records — Fairplay, CO

Record high
84.0°F
July 2, 2007
Record low
-27.9°F
February 2, 2011
Wettest day
1.78 in
July 19, 2004

Climate change signal in Fairplay

41%

of Fairplay's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (150 of 366 records since 2015).

42.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (156 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
164
124
2010s
117
167
2020s
85
75

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 2002, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2002-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 55.0°F — Jan 21, 2005 -20.0°F — Jan 23, 2015 1.00 in — Jan 24, 2017
February 57.0°F — Feb 2, 2003 -27.9°F — Feb 2, 2011 0.37 in — Feb 22, 2019
March 68.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 -15.0°F — Mar 11, 2022 1.40 in — Mar 8, 2014
April 63.0°F — Apr 22, 2022 -5.1°F — Apr 14, 2014 1.20 in — Apr 18, 2009
May 73.9°F — May 30, 2003 1.9°F — May 2, 2013 1.33 in — May 17, 2016
June 82.9°F — Jun 16, 2021 23.0°F — Jun 8, 2007 1.16 in — Jun 13, 2010
July 84.0°F — Jul 2, 2007 33.1°F — Jul 6, 2004 1.78 in — Jul 19, 2004
August 80.1°F — Aug 1, 2002 30.0°F — Aug 28, 2004 1.05 in — Aug 13, 2003
September 78.1°F — Sep 8, 2022 18.0°F — Sep 23, 2006 1.25 in — Sep 15, 2023
October 72.0°F — Oct 1, 2010 -14.1°F — Oct 30, 2019 0.82 in — Oct 10, 2005
November 62.1°F — Nov 7, 2010 -13.0°F — Nov 12, 2014 0.50 in — Nov 15, 2006
December 57.9°F — Dec 1, 2021 -18.9°F — Dec 8, 2016 0.79 in — Dec 29, 2006

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