All-time weather records — Platteville, CO

Record high
106.0°F
June 27, 1994
Record low
-38.0°F
January 16, 1930
Wettest day
4.62 in
May 30, 1896

Climate change signal in Platteville

9.8%

of Platteville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (36 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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 #
1890s
12
18
1900s
3
2
1910s
21
55
1920s
46
44
1930s
40
31
1940s
21
35
1950s
33
41
1960s
23
35
1970s
16
20
1980s
34
24
1990s
51
39
2000s
30
14
2010s
4
5
2020s
32
3

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 1895, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 27, 1982 -38.0°F — Jan 16, 1930 0.75 in — Jan 20, 1973
February 79.0°F — Feb 27, 1932 -36.0°F — Feb 1, 1951 1.01 in — Feb 27, 1931
March 91.9°F — Mar 26, 2026 -26.0°F — Mar 8, 1932 2.04 in — Mar 9, 1992
April 91.0°F — Apr 23, 2022 -7.1°F — Apr 2, 1975 3.70 in — Apr 18, 1920
May 100.0°F — May 30, 2003 18.0°F — May 1, 1989 4.62 in — May 30, 1896
June 106.0°F — Jun 27, 1994 28.9°F — Jun 6, 1998 4.40 in — Jun 3, 1921
July 106.0°F — Jul 7, 1973 8.1°F — Jul 15, 1919 3.34 in — Jul 19, 1946
August 104.0°F — Aug 8, 1995 37.0°F — Aug 27, 1992 1.99 in — Aug 9, 1930
September 100.9°F — Sep 6, 2020 18.0°F — Sep 30, 1985 3.46 in — Sep 3, 1938
October 91.9°F — Oct 17, 1926 -5.1°F — Oct 28, 1917 2.80 in — Oct 14, 1916
November 82.9°F — Nov 2, 1931 -22.0°F — Nov 10, 1950 1.12 in — Nov 26, 2019
December 78.1°F — Dec 11, 1939 -32.1°F — Dec 23, 1924 2.45 in — Dec 4, 1913

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Platteville.