All-time weather records — Merino, CO

Record high
109.9°F
June 28, 1990
Record low
-35.0°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
4.88 in
August 15, 1968

Climate change signal in Merino

0%

of Merino's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1900s
·
1
1910s
25
90
1920s
15
60
1930s
50
45
1940s
14
36
1950s
35
39
1960s
25
41
1970s
33
10
1980s
47
26
1990s
64
14
2000s
57
4
2010s
1
·

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 1910, the latest in 2010. Period of observation: 1895-2010.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 71.1°F — Jan 11, 1990 -29.0°F — Jan 4, 1942 1.21 in — Jan 8, 1939
February 77.0°F — Feb 9, 1954 -29.9°F — Feb 5, 1982 0.76 in — Feb 28, 1918
March 86.0°F — Mar 22, 1910 -20.9°F — Mar 3, 1960 1.75 in — Mar 19, 1984
April 91.9°F — Apr 18, 1987 -2.9°F — Apr 2, 1975 2.14 in — Apr 23, 1929
May 102.0°F — May 30, 2003 21.9°F — May 14, 1924 3.07 in — May 29, 1975
June 109.9°F — Jun 28, 1990 28.9°F — Jun 3, 1919 3.11 in — Jun 4, 1985
July 108.0°F — Jul 2, 1990 35.1°F — Jul 6, 1910 2.56 in — Jul 27, 1963
August 105.1°F — Aug 1, 1987 32.0°F — Aug 1, 1913 4.88 in — Aug 15, 1968
September 102.9°F — Sep 10, 1979 14.0°F — Sep 30, 1985 1.94 in — Sep 1, 1992
October 97.0°F — Oct 7, 1910 -6.0°F — Oct 29, 1917 1.91 in — Oct 15, 1916
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -13.0°F — Nov 12, 1911 1.87 in — Nov 4, 1922
December 73.9°F — Dec 5, 1980 -35.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.07 in — Dec 21, 2006

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