All-time weather records — Mount Crested Butte, CO

Record high
122.0°F
January 9, 1986
Record low
-60.3°F
February 20, 1986
Wettest day
2.20 in
October 28, 2023

Climate change signal in Mount Crested Butte

12%

of Mount Crested Butte's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (44 of 366 records since 2015).

10.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (39 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 #
1980s
36
68
1990s
36
142
2000s
242
80
2010s
26
48
2020s
26
28

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 1985, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1980-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 122.0°F — Jan 9, 1986 -14.4°F — Jan 21, 2025 1.80 in — Jan 5, 2008
February 122.0°F — Feb 13, 1986 -60.3°F — Feb 20, 1986 1.60 in — Feb 20, 1996
March 96.1°F — Mar 24, 2003 -13.2°F — Mar 2, 2002 1.70 in — Mar 10, 2023
April 102.9°F — Apr 17, 2003 0.3°F — Apr 12, 1997 1.60 in — Apr 1, 2026
May 111.9°F — May 31, 2003 7.3°F — May 6, 1999 1.10 in — May 3, 2001
June 115.9°F — Jun 29, 2003 -60.3°F — Jun 23, 1992 1.00 in — Jun 8, 1987
July 91.6°F — Jul 25, 1996 27.9°F — Jul 5, 1993 1.80 in — Jul 8, 1984
August 106.2°F — Aug 31, 2002 28.0°F — Aug 27, 1992 1.00 in — Aug 3, 1991
September 112.8°F — Sep 4, 2002 12.9°F — Sep 27, 1996 1.30 in — Sep 8, 2020
October 101.3°F — Oct 8, 2002 -6.3°F — Oct 30, 2019 2.20 in — Oct 28, 2023
November 122.0°F — Nov 8, 1985 -10.1°F — Nov 25, 2010 1.70 in — Nov 26, 2024
December 122.0°F — Dec 1, 1985 -60.3°F — Dec 31, 1986 2.00 in — Dec 7, 2007

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Mount Crested Butte.