All-time weather records — Manitou Springs, CO

Record high
89.1°F
July 8, 2013
Record low
-35.0°F
January 12, 1963
Wettest day
3.45 in
August 1, 2021

Climate change signal in Manitou Springs

14.5%

of Manitou Springs's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (53 of 366 records since 2015).

5.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (19 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 #
1950s
3
1
1960s
44
63
1970s
28
53
1980s
62
117
1990s
35
63
2000s
90
31
2010s
88
23
2020s
16
15

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 1959, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1959-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 25, 2015 -35.0°F — Jan 12, 1963 1.50 in — Jan 27, 2017
February 60.1°F — Feb 5, 1963 -33.0°F — Feb 1, 1985 1.50 in — Feb 7, 2011
March 75.0°F — Mar 17, 2009 -20.9°F — Mar 3, 1965 3.20 in — Mar 18, 2003
April 75.9°F — Apr 17, 2010 -18.0°F — Apr 6, 1983 3.00 in — Apr 4, 1997
May 81.0°F — May 29, 2000 3.0°F — May 2, 1970 2.89 in — May 11, 2023
June 88.0°F — Jun 25, 2012 14.0°F — Jun 11, 1975 2.40 in — Jun 7, 1997
July 89.1°F — Jul 8, 2013 24.1°F — Jul 7, 1982 3.05 in — Jul 18, 1996
August 86.0°F — Aug 3, 1979 23.0°F — Aug 11, 2004 3.45 in — Aug 1, 2021
September 84.0°F — Sep 23, 2001 3.9°F — Sep 29, 1985 2.29 in — Sep 12, 2013
October 75.9°F — Oct 2, 2014 -9.9°F — Oct 30, 2019 2.16 in — Oct 5, 1984
November 69.1°F — Nov 18, 1990 -25.1°F — Nov 28, 1976 1.34 in — Nov 21, 1992
December 64.0°F — Dec 2, 2001 -27.9°F — Dec 7, 1978 2.60 in — Dec 2, 1999

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