All-time weather records — Pitkin, CO

Record high
133.5°F
July 24, 2012
Record low
-39.1°F
February 2, 2011
Wettest day
1.70 in
December 7, 2007

Climate change signal in Pitkin

41.5%

of Pitkin's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (152 of 366 records since 2015).

61.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (224 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
6
51
2010s
239
163
2020s
121
152

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 2007, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2007-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 86.0°F — Jan 20, 2014 -26.1°F — Jan 3, 2013 1.40 in — Jan 9, 2017
February 88.7°F — Feb 18, 2014 -39.1°F — Feb 2, 2011 0.80 in — Feb 19, 2011
March 102.6°F — Mar 21, 2011 -16.2°F — Mar 11, 2022 1.10 in — Mar 14, 2024
April 107.4°F — Apr 16, 2011 -8.7°F — Apr 6, 2023 1.40 in — Apr 16, 2015
May 125.2°F — May 6, 2011 -0.4°F — May 2, 2011 0.90 in — May 8, 2019
June 128.7°F — Jun 20, 2010 18.7°F — Jun 3, 2022 1.00 in — Jun 26, 2022
July 133.5°F — Jul 24, 2012 23.5°F — Jul 20, 2020 1.40 in — Jul 14, 2019
August 112.6°F — Aug 4, 2010 21.6°F — Aug 31, 2020 1.20 in — Aug 5, 2024
September 113.9°F — Sep 13, 2010 14.5°F — Sep 23, 2013 1.30 in — Sep 8, 2020
October 110.3°F — Oct 18, 2010 -9.2°F — Oct 30, 2019 1.30 in — Oct 25, 2010
November 100.8°F — Nov 6, 2010 -13.0°F — Nov 25, 2010 1.30 in — Nov 17, 2017
December 95.2°F — Dec 14, 2010 -19.3°F — Dec 30, 2019 1.70 in — Dec 7, 2007

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