All-time weather records — Fountain, CO

Record high
100.9°F
June 21, 2016
Record low
-27.0°F
February 1, 1951
Wettest day
4.50 in
September 14, 2011

Climate change signal in Fountain

33.9%

of Fountain's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (124 of 366 records since 2015).

7.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (27 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 #
1940s
1
7
1950s
41
83
1960s
30
75
1970s
23
45
1980s
39
52
1990s
30
38
2000s
52
31
2010s
68
17
2020s
82
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 1949, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1942-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 2, 1997 -26.0°F — Jan 31, 1951 0.77 in — Jan 15, 1987
February 77.0°F — Feb 10, 2017 -27.0°F — Feb 1, 1951 1.49 in — Feb 26, 1987
March 86.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 -11.0°F — Mar 12, 1956 1.63 in — Mar 18, 1998
April 87.1°F — Apr 22, 2022 -2.9°F — Apr 10, 1959 2.63 in — Apr 30, 1999
May 93.9°F — May 30, 2000 21.0°F — May 2, 1954 3.18 in — May 11, 2023
June 100.9°F — Jun 21, 2016 32.0°F — Jun 3, 1951 4.05 in — Jun 12, 2023
July 100.0°F — Jul 12, 2024 42.1°F — Jul 8, 1952 3.63 in — Jul 29, 1997
August 99.0°F — Aug 1, 2008 39.0°F — Aug 27, 1992 3.98 in — Aug 4, 1999
September 98.1°F — Sep 11, 2021 21.9°F — Sep 29, 1985 4.50 in — Sep 14, 2011
October 88.0°F — Oct 2, 2024 1.2°F — Oct 27, 2020 2.83 in — Oct 9, 2014
November 78.1°F — Nov 2, 2025 -8.0°F — Nov 2, 1951 1.10 in — Nov 23, 2025
December 77.0°F — Dec 23, 1955 -24.0°F — Dec 22, 1990 0.66 in — Dec 21, 1981

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