All-time weather records — Medicine Bow, WY

Record high
97.0°F
July 8, 1989
Record low
-45.9°F
January 19, 1963
Wettest day
2.27 in
July 24, 1958

Climate change signal in Medicine Bow

8.5%

of Medicine Bow's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (31 of 366 records since 2015).

0.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (3 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 #
1940s
5
8
1950s
63
76
1960s
39
89
1970s
52
73
1980s
37
16
1990s
45
45
2000s
64
36
2010s
42
22
2020s
19
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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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1881-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.9°F — Jan 23, 1981 -45.9°F — Jan 19, 1963 2.00 in — Jan 6, 2025
February 61.0°F — Feb 11, 1962 -44.0°F — Feb 3, 2011 0.75 in — Feb 15, 1980
March 73.0°F — Mar 24, 2012 -34.1°F — Mar 2, 2002 2.02 in — Mar 14, 1973
April 80.1°F — Apr 26, 1981 -9.9°F — Apr 20, 1966 1.20 in — Apr 28, 2005
May 90.0°F — May 31, 2002 0.0°F — May 26, 1996 2.19 in — May 17, 2000
June 96.1°F — Jun 23, 1954 23.0°F — Jun 3, 1951 1.90 in — Jun 9, 1989
July 97.0°F — Jul 8, 1989 27.0°F — Jul 16, 1999 2.27 in — Jul 24, 1958
August 96.1°F — Aug 5, 1979 27.0°F — Aug 27, 1992 1.75 in — Aug 5, 1986
September 91.9°F — Sep 5, 1978 12.9°F — Sep 29, 1976 1.40 in — Sep 10, 1973
October 81.0°F — Oct 1, 1976 -13.0°F — Oct 31, 1972 1.45 in — Oct 29, 1979
November 71.1°F — Nov 5, 1977 -27.0°F — Nov 2, 1991 0.84 in — Nov 4, 1960
December 62.1°F — Dec 23, 2025 -44.0°F — Dec 17, 1964 1.25 in — Dec 31, 1975

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