All-time weather records — Red Cliff, CO

Record high
81.9°F
July 6, 1989
Record low
-60.5°F
December 3, 1993
Wettest day
2.60 in
April 23, 2003

Climate change signal in Red Cliff

18.3%

of Red Cliff's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (67 of 366 records since 2015).

13.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (49 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
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1980s
53
59
1990s
102
130
2000s
115
86
2010s
55
64
2020s
41
27

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 1986, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1978-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 52.5°F — Jan 19, 1997 -16.4°F — Jan 1, 2011 2.00 in — Jan 10, 1997
February 51.6°F — Feb 21, 1995 -23.3°F — Feb 2, 2011 1.50 in — Feb 12, 1995
March 64.0°F — Mar 6, 1987 -15.0°F — Mar 2, 2002 1.90 in — Mar 27, 1993
April 66.0°F — Apr 20, 1989 -2.0°F — Apr 14, 2020 2.60 in — Apr 23, 2003
May 75.4°F — May 31, 2002 7.5°F — May 6, 1999 1.80 in — May 16, 1983
June 79.7°F — Jun 30, 1990 8.1°F — Jun 11, 2009 2.20 in — Jun 6, 1984
July 81.9°F — Jul 6, 1989 28.2°F — Jul 7, 1994 1.10 in — Jul 23, 1989
August 78.6°F — Aug 13, 1996 30.9°F — Aug 19, 2021 1.70 in — Aug 1, 2023
September 76.1°F — Sep 1, 1995 9.3°F — Sep 27, 1996 1.80 in — Sep 21, 2006
October 67.5°F — Oct 22, 2003 -7.2°F — Oct 30, 2019 1.70 in — Oct 28, 2023
November 62.4°F — Nov 20, 1989 -12.6°F — Nov 25, 2010 1.60 in — Nov 6, 1991
December 51.1°F — Dec 2, 2021 -60.5°F — Dec 3, 1993 1.70 in — Dec 23, 1983

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