All-time weather records — Gunnison, CO

Record high
105.1°F
August 3, 1894
Record low
-47.0°F
December 25, 1924
Wettest day
2.80 in
December 8, 1997

Climate change signal in Gunnison

7.4%

of Gunnison's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (27 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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
23
47
1900s
36
45
1910s
18
38
1920s
9
32
1930s
106
22
1940s
23
12
1950s
60
39
1960s
9
38
1970s
10
40
1980s
22
9
1990s
9
13
2000s
10
20
2010s
8
9
2020s
23
2

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

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 63.0°F — Jan 31, 1954 -45.0°F — Jan 22, 1906 1.10 in — Jan 6, 2008
February 61.0°F — Feb 25, 1904 -44.0°F — Feb 16, 1895 1.60 in — Feb 21, 1894
March 79.0°F — Mar 26, 2026 -29.0°F — Mar 2, 1903 1.50 in — Mar 1, 1948
April 78.1°F — Apr 10, 1930 -14.1°F — Apr 8, 1973 1.90 in — Apr 13, 1996
May 87.1°F — May 30, 1936 7.0°F — May 7, 1968 1.60 in — May 13, 2008
June 96.1°F — Jun 30, 1898 15.1°F — Jun 1, 1919 1.10 in — Jun 17, 1912
July 95.0°F — Jul 7, 1932 23.0°F — Jul 1, 1968 1.42 in — Jul 21, 1935
August 105.1°F — Aug 3, 1894 3.9°F — Aug 31, 1990 1.24 in — Aug 2, 1994
September 91.9°F — Sep 22, 1983 9.0°F — Sep 21, 1978 1.20 in — Sep 9, 2020
October 82.0°F — Oct 1, 1938 -11.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 1.33 in — Oct 14, 1947
November 75.0°F — Nov 1, 1893 -26.0°F — Nov 26, 1975 1.25 in — Nov 4, 1959
December 62.1°F — Dec 10, 1939 -47.0°F — Dec 25, 1924 2.80 in — Dec 8, 1997

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