All-time weather records — La Veta, CO

Record high
113.0°F
July 27, 2007
Record low
-60.3°F
July 21, 1989
Wettest day
3.50 in
April 30, 1999

Climate change signal in La Veta

31.4%

of La Veta's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (115 of 366 records since 2015).

16.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (61 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 #
1980s
4
46
1990s
59
125
2000s
153
102
2010s
70
61
2020s
80
32

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 1989, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1980-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 68.5°F — Jan 18, 2007 -14.8°F — Jan 12, 1997 1.40 in — Jan 30, 2005
February 86.7°F — Feb 4, 2007 -28.1°F — Feb 1, 2011 3.20 in — Feb 19, 1983
March 93.6°F — Mar 12, 2007 -16.4°F — Mar 2, 2002 3.20 in — Mar 24, 2017
April 98.8°F — Apr 28, 2007 -5.6°F — Apr 11, 1997 3.50 in — Apr 30, 1999
May 105.3°F — May 1, 2007 -8.0°F — May 14, 2007 1.90 in — May 6, 2025
June 105.8°F — Jun 6, 2007 16.7°F — Jun 22, 2007 1.40 in — Jun 30, 1981
July 113.0°F — Jul 27, 2007 -60.3°F — Jul 21, 1989 2.00 in — Jul 30, 2010
August 82.2°F — Aug 26, 2002 -60.3°F — Aug 2, 1989 2.40 in — Aug 22, 2008
September 111.0°F — Sep 7, 2007 12.9°F — Sep 30, 2007 1.70 in — Sep 14, 1981
October 88.2°F — Oct 27, 2007 -8.0°F — Oct 30, 2019 1.80 in — Oct 26, 2011
November 75.7°F — Nov 5, 2007 -11.2°F — Nov 12, 2014 1.80 in — Nov 28, 1997
December 63.1°F — Dec 2, 2021 -17.9°F — Dec 17, 1996 2.10 in — Dec 3, 1999

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