All-time weather records — La Junta, CO

Record high
109.0°F
July 21, 2005
Record low
-20.9°F
February 3, 1996
Wettest day
2.85 in
October 27, 2006

Climate change signal in La Junta

25.7%

of La Junta's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (94 of 366 records since 2015).

28.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (105 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 #
1990s
80
57
2000s
157
108
2010s
67
131
2020s
62
70

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 1995, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1995-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 3, 1997 -18.0°F — Jan 21, 2025 0.65 in — Jan 20, 2006
February 84.0°F — Feb 11, 2017 -20.9°F — Feb 3, 1996 0.53 in — Feb 14, 2026
March 95.0°F — Mar 27, 2026 -5.1°F — Mar 7, 1996 1.12 in — Mar 27, 2005
April 95.0°F — Apr 13, 2025 9.0°F — Apr 27, 2013 1.53 in — Apr 24, 2004
May 106.0°F — May 31, 2000 25.0°F — May 2, 2013 2.15 in — May 30, 2021
June 107.1°F — Jun 25, 2012 37.0°F — Jun 2, 2013 1.97 in — Jun 7, 1997
July 109.0°F — Jul 21, 2005 50.0°F — Jul 1, 2023 2.50 in — Jul 24, 2018
August 108.0°F — Aug 2, 2008 48.9°F — Aug 24, 2015 2.21 in — Aug 19, 2004
September 102.0°F — Sep 1, 2002 30.0°F — Sep 26, 2000 2.80 in — Sep 28, 2012
October 100.0°F — Oct 19, 2003 3.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 2.85 in — Oct 27, 2006
November 89.1°F — Nov 3, 2025 -7.1°F — Nov 13, 2014 0.70 in — Nov 29, 1997
December 82.9°F — Dec 23, 2025 -14.1°F — Dec 9, 2009 1.72 in — Dec 30, 2006

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