All-time weather records — Monte Vista, CO

Record high
96.1°F
July 30, 2016
Record low
-56.0°F
January 22, 1987
Wettest day
4.00 in
February 9, 1893

Climate change signal in Monte Vista

25.4%

of Monte Vista's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (93 of 366 records since 2015).

10.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (40 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 #
1890s
1
8
1930s
5
2
1940s
57
22
1950s
42
78
1960s
29
51
1970s
26
16
1980s
21
44
1990s
37
23
2000s
46
38
2010s
38
70
2020s
64
14

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 71.1°F — Jan 14, 1987 -56.0°F — Jan 22, 1987 0.82 in — Jan 27, 1948
February 66.0°F — Feb 25, 2026 -31.0°F — Feb 1, 1951 4.00 in — Feb 9, 1893
March 81.0°F — Mar 26, 2026 -23.1°F — Mar 11, 2022 1.16 in — Mar 23, 1958
April 78.1°F — Apr 29, 1992 -2.0°F — Apr 5, 2017 2.20 in — Apr 3, 1986
May 89.1°F — May 31, 2002 9.0°F — May 2, 2011 1.30 in — May 19, 2015
June 91.9°F — Jun 23, 2015 21.9°F — Jun 15, 1990 1.12 in — Jun 30, 1978
July 96.1°F — Jul 30, 2016 30.9°F — Jul 8, 1955 1.12 in — Jul 5, 1944
August 90.0°F — Aug 1, 1940 26.1°F — Aug 9, 1997 1.16 in — Aug 10, 1968
September 88.0°F — Sep 6, 2022 15.1°F — Sep 21, 1978 1.89 in — Sep 9, 2020
October 80.1°F — Oct 1, 1989 -6.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 1.17 in — Oct 19, 2024
November 75.9°F — Nov 30, 1985 -22.0°F — Nov 22, 1957 1.15 in — Nov 16, 1991
December 61.0°F — Dec 9, 1958 -29.0°F — Dec 7, 1964 0.69 in — Dec 30, 1951

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