All-time weather records — Orchard City, CO

Record high
104.0°F
June 29, 2013
Record low
-14.1°F
January 7, 2017
Wettest day
1.60 in
October 24, 2002

Climate change signal in Orchard City

41%

of Orchard City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (150 of 366 records since 2015).

27.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (100 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 #
2000s
166
188
2010s
136
130
2020s
64
48

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 2000, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 2000-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 60.1°F — Jan 20, 2000 -14.1°F — Jan 7, 2017 0.50 in — Jan 27, 2013
February 69.1°F — Feb 10, 2015 -9.0°F — Feb 3, 2011 1.30 in — Feb 20, 2010
March 82.0°F — Mar 21, 2004 1.9°F — Mar 2, 2002 0.81 in — Mar 13, 2019
April 88.0°F — Apr 24, 2012 17.1°F — Apr 6, 2023 1.13 in — Apr 5, 2004
May 98.1°F — May 29, 2000 25.0°F — May 1, 2011 0.59 in — May 23, 2006
June 104.0°F — Jun 29, 2013 33.1°F — Jun 12, 2009 0.54 in — Jun 13, 2010
July 104.0°F — Jul 10, 2021 43.0°F — Jul 1, 2020 1.25 in — Jul 27, 2019
August 102.0°F — Aug 1, 2002 41.0°F — Aug 30, 2004 0.91 in — Aug 20, 2021
September 100.0°F — Sep 6, 2022 28.9°F — Sep 25, 2000 1.19 in — Sep 17, 2007
October 91.0°F — Oct 2, 2015 -0.9°F — Oct 26, 2020 1.60 in — Oct 24, 2002
November 80.1°F — Nov 4, 2000 -0.9°F — Nov 30, 2006 0.40 in — Nov 22, 2013
December 73.9°F — Dec 2, 2001 -11.0°F — Dec 10, 2009 0.90 in — Dec 26, 2008

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