All-time weather records — Kit Carson, CO

Record high
109.0°F
June 20, 1954
Record low
-32.1°F
January 5, 1942
Wettest day
5.45 in
August 19, 1965

Climate change signal in Kit Carson

7.1%

of Kit Carson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (26 of 366 records since 2015).

4.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (18 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
·
·
1930s
8
·
1940s
55
88
1950s
62
49
1960s
44
36
1970s
39
60
1980s
24
43
1990s
24
40
2000s
58
16
2010s
36
16
2020s
16
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 1939, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 5, 1956 -32.1°F — Jan 5, 1942 0.87 in — Jan 27, 1973
February 82.9°F — Feb 11, 1962 -29.0°F — Feb 15, 2021 1.22 in — Feb 15, 1987
March 87.1°F — Mar 17, 2015 -24.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.00 in — Mar 13, 1895
April 93.9°F — Apr 25, 2012 5.0°F — Apr 2, 1975 1.70 in — Apr 16, 2016
May 106.0°F — May 22, 2005 19.0°F — May 1, 1967 2.50 in — May 16, 1962
June 109.0°F — Jun 20, 1954 30.0°F — Jun 4, 1984 3.20 in — Jun 10, 1997
July 108.0°F — Jul 3, 2003 36.0°F — Jul 28, 1978 2.59 in — Jul 23, 2004
August 106.0°F — Aug 8, 1969 36.0°F — Aug 31, 1944 5.45 in — Aug 19, 1965
September 102.0°F — Sep 2, 1947 17.1°F — Sep 30, 1985 3.48 in — Sep 22, 1941
October 96.1°F — Oct 5, 1947 7.0°F — Oct 30, 2023 2.47 in — Oct 12, 2008
November 84.9°F — Nov 5, 1945 -20.0°F — Nov 3, 1991 1.30 in — Nov 5, 1946
December 79.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -29.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.06 in — Dec 20, 2006

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