All-time weather records — Golden, CO

Record high
91.9°F
June 25, 2012
Record low
-22.0°F
February 2, 2011
Wettest day
6.13 in
September 12, 2013

Climate change signal in Golden

44.5%

of Golden's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (163 of 366 records since 2015).

38.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (140 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
87
165
2010s
279
201

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 2006, the latest in 2019. Period of observation: 2006-2019.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.9°F — Jan 5, 2012 -9.9°F — Jan 12, 2007 1.15 in — Jan 11, 2019
February 66.0°F — Feb 10, 2017 -22.0°F — Feb 2, 2011 1.36 in — Feb 3, 2012
March 73.0°F — Mar 31, 2012 -9.9°F — Mar 3, 2019 2.02 in — Mar 23, 2016
April 75.9°F — Apr 1, 2012 9.0°F — Apr 11, 2019 3.10 in — Apr 17, 2009
May 81.0°F — May 28, 2010 21.0°F — May 7, 2010 2.00 in — May 18, 2017
June 91.9°F — Jun 25, 2012 30.9°F — Jun 8, 2007 2.10 in — Jun 20, 2011
July 90.0°F — Jul 17, 2010 41.0°F — Jul 30, 2009 2.68 in — Jul 30, 2014
August 91.0°F — Aug 23, 2011 39.0°F — Aug 20, 2016 1.34 in — Aug 16, 2008
September 87.1°F — Sep 1, 2011 28.9°F — Sep 24, 2006 6.13 in — Sep 12, 2013
October 78.1°F — Oct 16, 2016 10.9°F — Oct 14, 2018 1.74 in — Oct 26, 2006
November 71.1°F — Nov 8, 2006 -11.0°F — Nov 12, 2014 0.80 in — Nov 14, 2009
December 62.1°F — Dec 13, 2010 -16.1°F — Dec 30, 2014 2.00 in — Dec 20, 2006

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