All-time weather records — Montrose, CO

Record high
106.0°F
August 1, 1947
Record low
-27.0°F
February 13, 1905
Wettest day
3.50 in
February 3, 1896

Climate change signal in Montrose

22.1%

of Montrose's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (81 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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
21
8
1900s
33
106
1910s
9
46
1920s
19
27
1930s
37
28
1940s
40
27
1950s
37
29
1960s
12
37
1970s
15
19
1980s
14
7
1990s
12
14
2000s
24
6
2010s
42
9
2020s
51
3

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 1895, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1895-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 25, 1903 -25.1°F — Jan 7, 1913 1.36 in — Jan 14, 1960
February 90.0°F — Feb 27, 1907 -27.0°F — Feb 13, 1905 3.50 in — Feb 3, 1896
March 82.9°F — Mar 25, 1896 -5.1°F — Mar 19, 1906 1.50 in — Mar 30, 1897
April 89.1°F — Apr 30, 1943 1.9°F — Apr 4, 1945 1.32 in — Apr 19, 1990
May 93.0°F — May 27, 1951 17.1°F — May 1, 1909 1.09 in — May 24, 1906
June 102.0°F — Jun 19, 1936 19.0°F — Jun 30, 1996 1.06 in — Jun 21, 1967
July 102.9°F — Jul 9, 2021 35.1°F — Jul 1, 1968 1.49 in — Jul 21, 1983
August 106.0°F — Aug 1, 1947 37.0°F — Aug 23, 1968 1.30 in — Aug 22, 1993
September 97.0°F — Sep 6, 2020 21.0°F — Sep 27, 1908 1.50 in — Sep 6, 1970
October 88.0°F — Oct 2, 2015 5.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 1.70 in — Oct 20, 1963
November 77.0°F — Nov 2, 2014 -8.0°F — Nov 27, 1952 1.53 in — Nov 1, 1986
December 68.0°F — Dec 11, 1939 -20.9°F — Dec 25, 1924 1.18 in — Dec 23, 1903

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