All-time weather records — Hotchkiss, CO

Record high
105.1°F
July 6, 1989
Record low
-56.0°F
July 8, 1927
Wettest day
2.11 in
March 20, 1912

Climate change signal in Hotchkiss

5.2%

of Hotchkiss's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (19 of 366 records since 2015).

0.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (2 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
·
1
1900s
16
17
1910s
16
103
1920s
34
26
1930s
1
5
1950s
11
4
1960s
27
53
1970s
22
88
1980s
57
18
1990s
90
13
2000s
54
19
2010s
38
19

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 1905, the latest in 2016. Period of observation: 1893-2017.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 63.0°F — Jan 29, 1986 -31.0°F — Jan 12, 1963 1.50 in — Jan 17, 1895
February 70.0°F — Feb 21, 1995 -20.9°F — Feb 1, 1916 1.10 in — Feb 10, 1905
March 84.0°F — Mar 22, 2004 -4.0°F — Mar 1, 1971 2.11 in — Mar 20, 1912
April 86.0°F — Apr 25, 2012 5.0°F — Apr 1, 1920 1.53 in — Apr 7, 1906
May 93.9°F — May 31, 2002 15.1°F — May 1, 1972 1.66 in — May 13, 1906
June 100.9°F — Jun 30, 1990 27.0°F — Jun 1, 1919 1.70 in — Jun 24, 1969
July 105.1°F — Jul 6, 1989 -56.0°F — Jul 8, 1927 1.10 in — Jul 25, 1920
August 104.0°F — Aug 14, 1996 39.0°F — Aug 4, 1963 1.84 in — Aug 7, 2008
September 97.0°F — Sep 2, 1995 1.0°F — Sep 14, 1893 1.38 in — Sep 29, 1995
October 88.0°F — Oct 2, 2015 7.0°F — Oct 29, 1917 1.43 in — Oct 20, 1963
November 77.0°F — Nov 8, 1999 -9.9°F — Nov 14, 1916 1.50 in — Nov 27, 1919
December 66.9°F — Dec 2, 1999 -18.9°F — Dec 26, 1924 1.42 in — Dec 1, 2007

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