All-time weather records — Ouray, CO

Record high
93.0°F
June 26, 2012
Record low
-16.1°F
February 4, 2011
Wettest day
1.52 in
August 12, 2024

Climate change signal in Ouray

68%

of Ouray's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (249 of 366 records since 2015).

40.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (147 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
49
94
2010s
177
193
2020s
140
79

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 2006, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2004-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.0°F — Jan 20, 2012 -11.0°F — Jan 15, 2013 1.50 in — Jan 27, 2013
February 64.0°F — Feb 4, 2025 -16.1°F — Feb 4, 2011 0.72 in — Feb 1, 2014
March 79.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -0.9°F — Mar 3, 2007 1.16 in — Mar 20, 2010
April 75.0°F — Apr 25, 2012 9.0°F — Apr 6, 2023 1.21 in — Apr 26, 2023
May 81.0°F — May 26, 2018 17.1°F — May 2, 2011 0.93 in — May 22, 2021
June 93.0°F — Jun 26, 2012 30.0°F — Jun 7, 2007 1.07 in — Jun 3, 2025
July 90.0°F — Jul 4, 2007 39.9°F — Jul 18, 2014 0.97 in — Jul 22, 2006
August 90.0°F — Aug 22, 2025 41.0°F — Aug 10, 2009 1.52 in — Aug 12, 2024
September 88.0°F — Sep 4, 2019 27.0°F — Sep 17, 2006 0.96 in — Sep 23, 2013
October 80.1°F — Oct 1, 2010 1.9°F — Oct 31, 2019 1.17 in — Oct 11, 2013
November 70.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 -6.0°F — Nov 30, 2006 1.44 in — Nov 27, 2024
December 62.1°F — Dec 20, 2025 -6.0°F — Dec 5, 2013 1.37 in — Dec 9, 2008

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