All-time weather records — Ophir, CO

Record high
109.9°F
September 12, 2010
Record low
-60.3°F
May 10, 1988
Wettest day
2.00 in
September 9, 2003

Climate change signal in Ophir

38%

of Ophir's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (139 of 366 records since 2015).

13.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (50 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 #
1970s
·
·
1980s
23
74
1990s
73
107
2000s
97
88
2010s
82
73
2020s
91
24

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 1987, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1978-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 52.9°F — Jan 20, 2005 -23.4°F — Jan 17, 2008 1.40 in — Jan 4, 2005
February 57.2°F — Feb 14, 2015 -21.6°F — Feb 7, 1989 1.90 in — Feb 24, 1980
March 68.4°F — Mar 25, 2026 -14.3°F — Mar 1, 2002 1.30 in — Mar 12, 2019
April 65.8°F — Apr 20, 1989 -10.8°F — Apr 6, 2023 1.40 in — Apr 1, 2026
May 76.6°F — May 30, 2002 -60.3°F — May 10, 1988 1.50 in — May 12, 1982
June 82.9°F — Jun 27, 2013 -60.3°F — Jun 2, 1987 1.60 in — Jun 20, 2024
July 83.5°F — Jul 1, 2002 27.0°F — Jul 1, 2020 1.20 in — Jul 31, 1989
August 80.1°F — Aug 20, 2020 24.1°F — Aug 27, 1992 1.60 in — Aug 31, 2008
September 109.9°F — Sep 12, 2010 14.7°F — Sep 24, 2006 2.00 in — Sep 9, 2003
October 70.7°F — Oct 18, 2003 -6.5°F — Oct 30, 2019 1.80 in — Oct 3, 1996
November 61.9°F — Nov 14, 1999 -17.1°F — Nov 25, 2010 1.60 in — Nov 2, 1992
December 54.1°F — Dec 2, 2021 -25.6°F — Dec 23, 1990 1.40 in — Dec 2, 2007

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