All-time weather records — Georgetown, CO

Record high
204.1°F
October 11, 1973
Record low
-27.9°F
January 4, 1972
Wettest day
3.95 in
May 7, 1969

Climate change signal in Georgetown

19.4%

of Georgetown's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (71 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 #
1890s
5
12
1900s
1
1
1910s
·
2
1920s
·
·
1940s
2
6
1950s
93
65
1960s
57
46
1970s
10
44
1980s
·
·
1990s
37
49
2000s
61
60
2010s
50
53
2020s
50
28

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 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 60.1°F — Jan 12, 1959 -27.9°F — Jan 4, 1972 1.02 in — Jan 13, 1972
February 62.1°F — Feb 6, 1963 -25.1°F — Feb 2, 2011 0.81 in — Feb 21, 2025
March 73.9°F — Mar 22, 2026 -15.0°F — Mar 27, 1899 3.14 in — Mar 19, 2003
April 75.9°F — Apr 9, 1960 -8.0°F — Apr 12, 1997 2.35 in — Apr 15, 1921
May 82.9°F — May 31, 2002 7.0°F — May 2, 2013 3.95 in — May 7, 1969
June 91.9°F — Jun 23, 1954 24.1°F — Jun 3, 1951 1.52 in — Jun 12, 2010
July 91.9°F — Jul 12, 1954 30.9°F — Jul 30, 1971 1.64 in — Jul 7, 2012
August 89.1°F — Aug 1, 2002 28.9°F — Aug 28, 2004 1.64 in — Aug 15, 1979
September 86.0°F — Sep 2, 1995 8.1°F — Sep 23, 1971 1.84 in — Sep 22, 1970
October 204.1°F — Oct 11, 1973 -4.0°F — Oct 30, 2019 2.20 in — Oct 14, 1916
November 70.0°F — Nov 13, 1999 -16.1°F — Nov 13, 2014 1.04 in — Nov 6, 1918
December 62.1°F — Dec 3, 2021 -17.0°F — Dec 7, 2005 3.00 in — Dec 4, 1913

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